number thirty one: control

"So this is the new year
And I have no resolutions
For self assigned penance
For problems with easy solutions"

this is one of my favorite songs ever written. in a few days time, i will undoubtedly use a familiar lyric to represent my moment on facebook just before the clock strikes midnight. because... because it's a nasty habit. but this song always makes me reflective on my life, and i feel like it sums up an all too familiar feeling. whenever i hear it, i'm instantly moved to think about the changes in my life i want to make.

i think of the dawning of a new year to be melodramatic, why do we use a fabricated calendar to dictate when we're supposed to make changes.

that's not how i work. i believe when a person is inspired to change, and change in a fundamental way, it won't be because a certain day of the year will create said change.

if you want to change something, why wait until a new year begins? grab the moment, do it now.


one of my role models is my former boss, Deborah Adams. she instilled by example this thought process of what do you want? now how do you make it happen? then do it, take the steps.

i like to think of life as that easy. that black and white. if you want something, make a plan. discipline yourself. don't settle. take control of yourself. if you do these things, you'll have control over your life.

the changes i want to make for my future have nothing to do with a calendar. they have to do with the moment i make a decision to take control of whatever it is and taking the necessary steps to make it happen.

the changes i want to make are too complicated to be posted here. but the steps i take in order to make them happen are simple. a slow growth, a deliberate growth, that is simple.