02 Jan 2011

The second is the real first of the new year mythology because it is the first real day of work. For the hopeful souls that resolve and will to make the new year their bitch, the second of january starts the long honeymoon of heavy lifting associated with changing some precarious behavior about oneself or improving some lagging aspect of one's life. Be it going on a diet or more generally living healthier, reading and writing more (my personal one), or being less apologetic and more focused on the moment or whatever else the ego can come up with to slake it's fantastic thirst for more, for the vanity fair ongoing- today is the day where one actually feels the pull of resolve. If it's cigarettes, then you want them really, really badly today and if you're going to fail like a champion, then you're already lighting up (or already have). And if your vice is drinking, then prepare for a hanging over sometime by the time you wake up tomorrow. For me, I'm trying to keep up with my web log this year, so here is my attempt, my second one at continuity. Yes, it was the beginning of the heavy lifting for me, but I'm enjoying the gravity, the weight and the expenditure...