Dad always preached, “What you do at the stroke of midnight on New Years Eve is what you’ll spend the next year doing and doing and doing.”
That’s why he elected to whisk Mom off her feet and take her dancing—his statement has to be true, he never missed an opportunity to shake a leg in the kitchen, at Kmart blue light specials or camping along side Montana lakes and streams.
The top five things you need to be doing when 2010 arrives:
Sport a pair of clean undies. Not too tight nor too big or the next fifty two weeks will be spent picking your seat and I’m not talking about concerts and movies
Rather than painstakingly tossing down a swig of face twisting champagne bite into an apple or orange—January is the heartbeat of flu season so you might as well get a shot of vitamin C before forking out billions on sniffs, hurls and bloated eyes. Hangovers last a day or two—I’m convinced the government gives you the flu to keep their medical financial re-election campaign support in business.
Be extremely careful on what you’re thinking when the clock is ticking—if the boss has you bogged down and or a neighbor hasn’t returned your American Idol microphone or garden rake, how you act, react and step into the new season of 365 new days to blaze could be blanketed with a fresh coat of gloat or a nice sized chip firmly glued to your shoulder.
Step away from the food! If the bells are tolling and you’re strolling through endless amounts of Swedish meatballs…the opposite end of that journey is an open door for added weight.
Do everything humanly possible to land an over the board wet smacker on the lips of the one you care for. But do it with your eyes open! If the eyes are the window to the soul then make a solid guarantee with he or she that you’ll be there everyday and every night even when the food is burnt, tastes like dirt and the coffee has been in the slightly green cup for two days but wow it’s got impact.
ABC has Ryan Seacrest hosting Dick Clarks New Years Rockin Eve, Green Day will be with Carson Daly on NBC, CNN will be on terrorist alert while the banks we bailed out continue to invent newer reasons to deduct dollars from your Checking account. The good news is Big Brother isn’t watching you…someone addicted to Youtube is and whatever you do on New Years Eve will probably be seen by the rest of the world via The Ellen Show.
I’ve never been one to break out a pen and paper and go all out Nostradamus—what we want out of life usually doesn’t happen and having to read about it twelve months later is more depressing than listening to your sister remind you to participate more with the family.
I do put a lot of ink into the veins of a once living tree by way of reflecting—a preacher man once told me at Billings Baptist Temple that before you’re accepted into Heaven your entire life will be played back like a movie. I write everyday because of a burning desire for you to read the book first. The ultimate stab would be movie critics Sean O’Connell, Lawrence Topman and Matt Brunson giving this thing I called life one out of five stars.
If balloons are popping and you jump at the stroke of midnight…your 2010 will be spent slowly looking around corners fearing something that probably doesn’t exist. If it’s in your blood to take chances or you arrive at a party extremely late—enough said, move to California tomorrow where that sort of behavior is accepted. If you quickly run to the computer to search Craigs list for a job, every single day belonging to the new year will be an attempt at locating something to keep you busy and the bills paid…even if you find a job you’ll spend down time searching for something bigger and better.
I always make sure the gas tank is full before cruising into a brand new year—I’d hate to be the person at the pump at midnight knowing the next fifty two weeks will be spent trying to fill something up knowing you’ll never be able to explain where it went. If caught using a credit card you’ll be connected to money to you don’t have always wanting more and willing to easily sign everything away. If working at midnight, expect to be giving your life away the rest of the year.
Now you know why so many people go to bed extremely early on New Years Eve! Then again, is that healthy? Imagine all the missed opportunities that’ll unfold in the day’s ahead because they checked out early so growth wasn’t experienced.
So…what can the average person do to keep from being taken over by the N Y E curse?
Be happy! Be you! Be upbeat but not over the top. Think positive! Don’t walk into a room thinking you own it…share the space. Look into the eyes of the most beautiful person you know realizing the entire next year will be spent being introduced to other unforgettable creations such as a simple idea created by the self you’ve become and for some reason you believe in it and that’s all that’s required to achieving success.
Walk don’t run and please don’t get caught standing around at the strike of twelve. 2010 will then become the year everyone passed you by. If with a group of people, walk through the room shaking hands like you mean it—it’ll set you up for an incredible year of new beginnings without fear of other people. Don’t just hug your cats, dogs and birds, physically pick each one of them up and let them know how much you love them, word will get around the squirrel neighborhood that deep inside you love everything that's alive so the animal planet will embrace your presence.
If you’re currently freaked out and can’t believe I’d waste so much time sharing such bologna—that’s ok, just don’t come running to me next year wondering why something doesn’t feel right because the first thing I’ll do is bring up New Years Eve.
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