New, new, new

New year, new goals, new attitude.

That’s what it’s about today.  Knowing my website has been lacking a blog, I’ve resurrected the Psych Ward to allow me greater ease in riffing on all things weird, wild and wonderful.

That, and I missed talking to you on a regular basis.

To kick things off, I have a new year’s confession:

For years, I was a resolution guy.

As every year reached its conclusion, I’d look back to see what I’d done and what I’d failed to do.  I tend to be pretty hard on myself when it comes to achievements, so I’m not usually a  happy guy come December 31st.

Eager to do more with myself, I would make long lists of resolutions for the forthcoming year.  Heading into 2009, I topped out at 32 resolutions.  By the end of the year, I was proud of a 70% success rate (yes, I had a check list on an excel spreadsheet to organize the math), but couldn’t be happy because I was fixated on the other 30%.  Turns out, those were the resolutions that mattered to me the most.  Why hadn’t I succeed with those?

In the years since, the numbers haven’t been as ridiculous, but they’ve still been numerous.  By the ends of the 2010 and 2011, achieving the big resolutions were still out of reach.

For 2012, I decided to change that.

I’m keeping it simple this year.  It’s not about resolutions.  It’s about a change in perspective.

2011 was a year of setbacks.  It’s easy to say that it was the worst year of my adult life.

But that was last year.

I’m back at the gym.  I’m back on the typewriter.  I’m back on track with two big projects I’ve been building for years.

For the first time in a long time, I’m ready to get back in the game.

It won’t be easy, surely.  My income isn’t steady and getting a job that allows me to build on my skills and make ends meet has been a struggle.  Knowing this, there comes a time when you have to admit that if you can’t find what you want, maybe it’s time to make it.

News on that front is coming soon.

I hope the new year is treating you well already.  Don’t run from your dreams, run to them.

If there’s one thing to take from today’s rambling from yours truly, it’s this:

Let the past stay in the past.  When you really think about it, it’s just that easy.

-JW