have a personal revolution instead! you know how we all keep hearing that your one tiny insignificant vote won't make a difference? well yes it does, when its about you! so after some thought, here are mine:
1) floss after brushing teeth for the evening - in honor of my former dentist, Dr. Kianpour. This one tiny act of oral hygiene has defied me for years, until now. There is no rational reason not to floss, so its my new number one.
2) remove every unimportant material possession from my living space - I do realize that this is a rather drastic change. Just a second ago, i was discussing the merits of moving a small piece of string between my teeth, and now WHAMMO! I am proposing the systematic destruction/donation/whatever-ing of what could be 80% of the stuff I own. but, the beauty of this objective is that its something I've always wanted, it can be broken down into small steps, and its definitely going to have impact.
And after an objective like that, I don't need any more items for my list. So let's forget this crap about losing weight or going to the gym. I already got my plans for next year.
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Well then, what was the point of putting wall sconces on your wedding registry? Your friends could have just as easily bought you some organic socks.
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self-awareness is a terrible thing : )
Posted by fratchling | January 2, 2009 1:24 PM
Posted on January 2, 2009 13:24
I completely agree with getting rid of unimportant crap. There are a couple derivative goals that should fall under this umbrella that I am trying to adopt as well.
Encourage others to not buy you stuff you don't need. I do this by asking people to not get me gifts for birthday or Christmas... and if they must it is better to give a charitable donation or to buy me something that I would have purchased anyway.
The next thing is to eliminate the guilt period. Normally when I get a gift that I have no chance of using I put it on some shelf for a year, then I don't feel guilty and I give it to Good Will. In '09 that guilt is getting flushed away and I'm getting rid of things I won't use ASAP (unless they have regiftability).
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excellent. i like this shelf idea.
Posted by Ryan | January 6, 2009 12:37 PM
Posted on January 6, 2009 12:37