Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet (1850-1919)Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone.
For this brave old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
(Source: bellabanta.com)
Re-evaluation.
I spend most of my time doing the following three things:
- Working.
- Sleeping.
- Laptop-ing.
Don’t question me on that third thing. It’s a verb. Don’t look it up, trust me.
Anyway, I have this strong feeling that I need to start re-thinking (or re-evaluating if I really need to hit the title on your heads) my choices on a day to day basis. As in, instead of going to bed at like 2am and then going back to sleep after I semi-help with chores in the morning, maybe I’ll go to bed before midnight tonight and then actually get things done before work tomorrow. Or, instead of buying a huge 40 oz bag of Reese’s and hiding them in my work desk to eat all day, maybe I’ll actually make myself a lunch and eat something somewhat healthy in a breakfast-lunch-dinner type fashion. Instead of buying things I don’t need in general, start paying bills off that I owe and then, crazy thought, saving money.
I’ve said this before, but maybe now that I’ve written it down somewhere it’ll feel more like I have an obligation to the Public instead of just one for myself.
I’ll keep you posted. In the mean time, I’ll do my best to not eat three packs of crackers tonight before I go to bed. I know, tsk tsk, shame on me.
Reconnecting.
Do you ever get that feeling? I can’t really put a pin on exactly how it happened. Or describe it, apparently. But one second, you’re perfectly fine. Normal even. You go to school, or work, or something, and you have no problem living in that very moment. But then - it hits you. You want something different.
I just had that moment.
Sorry I’m being so vague, but it’s part of my charm. Or something.
I think.
Resolutions.
So, I have this habit (one of many, anyway) where I like to start new things only to have them fall apart once a certain amount of time hits.
I don’t know if this is true or not, but I once heard that you can make everything a habit if you do it consistently for a month. Then, after that, it should be force of habit. Now, I don’t know if this is an unconcious thing or maybe you have to actualy force yourself to do something for a month at least in order to convince yourself that something isn’t completely outside the realm of possibility, but either way? I have a few habits that I want to remove completely to replace them with nicer, prettier and more helpful habits. One of those habits? This site. So, I got one of my equally as nerdy friends albeit in a different way - hi Q!- to help me set something up. I like it, so that’s good. The plan for me is to post either here or there every day. Either it’ll be personal stuff or pictures or music, maybe I can even convince myself to write again. That’s another new habit on my list.
So, I hope everyone has a safe, happy, and super duper new year.
Especially me.
… I really hope that doesn’t sound half as bad reading as it did typing it.