Tuesday, January 3, 2012

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And here it is, the New Year, time for everyone to make that first step in achieving their New Year’s goal. Whether it’s lose weight, quit smoking, be a better employee or boss, work harder, or what ever your new ambition is, good luck to you.  I know I said I wasn’t going to do a resolution this year, and I probably won’t.  However, I do feel the need to move forward in life.  What I mean is, to become better at things such as saving money for me and Amber (wife) future, buying a house, retirement all that grown up stuff.  But I don’t just need to consider my monetary future. I also need to look at my health.  I’m not going to claim that I will exercise more or eat better but start planning yearly physical and dental exams just to keep everything on the up and up.  Hopefully along with this I will start to eat a little healthier and exercise a little more.  I will be hittin’ the big 30 this year so its time to be an adult.  Well, as much as I can handle.
Speaking of the New Year, according to the Maya calendar, a calendar 2000 years old, 2012 is predicted to be the last year of Earth.  If it’s true then we have less then one year to clean up that bucket list.  So, my question to you is, if this were true what would be on your bucket list?  Maybe that should be every ones new years resolution is to work on their bucket list.  Mine looks pretty typical sky dive, learn to and go sailing, climb a mountain, race a car, the usual.  It helps too when you have someone to do these with, someone who can push you out of the plane or over the edge.  Wait that doesn’t sound good but you get my point.  Someone there to support you through your list, even do some of the things if not all of them with you, and you, in turn, get to help them with theirs.  That’s were Amber comes in.  I get to count on her for that.  Whether I check things off the list this year or in fifty years, I get to count on her love and support and hopefully some participation.  Ok, enough mushiness (real word).  Back to the list, I don’t like the name “bucket” list, how about renaming it “Phucket” list, as in “Phucket, I’m doing it” (see what I did there).  I mean, who says the end of the world has to be coming or you have to be dying to start to do things you have always wanted to do.  Damn it! I think I just backed myself into a corner.  Looks like I have a New Years resolution now.  Nay, a Phucket resolution.
            Now, now I know this post seemed slightly depressing with all the talk of dying, end of the world, and growing up, but fear not my loyal readers, these are merely words that are not meant to hurt or depress you but to help and motivate… wait a minute I’m no philosopher or self help guru, no need to go that deep.  But just for a laugh, a horse walks into a bar, and the bartender asks, “Why the long face?”  
             I don’t plan on achieving something on my phucket list weekly but I do plan to work on it this year and it may take some years to complete especially if I end up adding things to it over time.  So, for my first challenge of the year, form a Phucket list and I challenge you to do the same.  So until next time, may the force be with you (Star Wars marathon over the weekend).


“All life is an experiment.  The more experiments you make the better.”
                                                                        -Ralph Waldo Emerson   

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