2018, think about that! It’s hard to believe and is almost surreal. The great thing about the New Year is it’s a new beginning. Probably the most popular “beginning” is all the people who start a new diet or vow to lose some weight as the gym is always packed at the start of the year. We hate that part! If you wait a couple weeks though, most people have given up and the crowds thin out. January 1st is just a date on the calendar that we have decided marks a rebirth or new beginning. Julius Caesar first introduced the modern day calendar in 46 BC but it was in 1582 when the Gregorian calendar that we use today, became the standard. In any case, today is a new beginning or fresh start, so what are you going to do?
Around here, among other long term goals for the year, we’re starting with the big purge. Marie Kondo’s book, “the life-changing magic of tidying up”, which has sold over 2 million copies, is a good place to start. The entire premise of the book is one simple test. You hold something up and ask, “does this spark joy in my life”. If not, you get rid of it. For more info, look up the book or go buy it, but the bottom line is, if it doesn’t bring you happiness, it needs to go!
Now to the day, Lori and I made it to the gym as we like to go everyday. Then we watched some football while the boys did what boys do. Lori probably cooked 6 meals including crab, duck, pasta and meatballs, grilled cheese and tomato soup, pancakes, eggs and bacon and I’m sure a few snacks in between. Ty’s friend is still with us and might stay until tomorrow. Lori and I fell asleep around 10 but woke up just before midnight. We slept on and off for the next few hours as the boys were whooping it up downstairs. They have no problem staying up late!
Of course they’re sleeping now and Lori and I are having our morning coffee getting ready to start the day and the year. There’s no time like now to start whatever you tell yourself you’re going to do. Procrastination is a bad habit.
Looks like we survived 2017 as a World. I remember all the Trump haters saying how the World would end. The stock market was supposed to crash, wrong, Isis was going to expand, wrong, the dollar was going to crash, wrong, there was going to be riots in the streets wrong, people would die without Obama Care, wrong, North Korea was going to set off nuclear bombs, wrong, and much much more. Whether you like the guy or not, if you look at the actual things he’s done, a lot of good for you, me and America has come from his actions in his first year. The one over riding principal has been to shrink government, which he has done. He, and I believe, that people can manage their money, health care, and lives, better than the government can. His constant “tweets” detract from this though as lots of people, including me, don’t like it. I’ve been staying away from politics as I learned I’m not going to change peoples mind no matter what I say, but I just had to point this out. Just so you know, the difference between Republicans and Democrats boils down to one simple thing, Democrats think that Washington or the government knows what best for you and can manage you life, money, health care and more, better than you, and wants to do so through constant regulation and law, while Republicans think you as an individual can do it better than some bureaucracy can. To test this, just ask yourself to name one thing the government has done better than the private sector. If you’re honest, you can’t. Maybe that’ll help. It’s funny how most things come down to one litmus test or one simple question. The problem is people try to complicate every single decision rather than getting to the actual point. Oh well, you all need to decide for yourself.
So, that’s it, it’s been 7 years yesterday that we’ve been doing the blog, or 2,555 days. We hope you all have enjoyed it. I’m planning on printing it out and binding it into a book so we all have it to look back on. I have this great fear that the internet is going to crash and I’m going to lose it all so I’d better get on it. We wish you all a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year. Take care and may God Bless you!