Ever since I read Deepak Chopra's Perfect Health, the chronological calendar has had less significance to me compared to the biological one. Hence, a new year is more a time for partying as everyone else is partying, rather then celebrating the onset of a new calendar year.
My mind follows the same train of thought about new year resolutions as it does about the new year. In my opinion, promises are meant to be kept every day, and if one keeps waiting for a calendar year to turn to make and keep promises, often times they are broken by the time the pages turn to the spring months. Nevertheless, 2010 being an immensely tough year, with a lot of friends and family going through major unfavorable life events, I couldn't wait for it to be over, set our lives back in order and start afresh in various respects.
One of them was to start using cash over credit cards, in order to keep a closer fist on the spending, which many-a-times gets derailed by these 'credit cards that have got no limit'. So here's how it started off.
Jan 2, 2011 - Tridib, my husband gives me a hundred dollars in five twenty dollar bills for lunch, etc., and I pocket my pocket-money in my jeans. The evening goes by as Tridib watches a movie and I join him for a bit, when the phone rings and I get up to grab it.
Ouch! I shout out to Tridib, as soon as my eyes rest on my yellow lab Max, with my money in his mouth. Two twenty dollar bills were ripped apart and part of one was already eaten. Bravo Max! Not his fault though, how does an untainted mind distinguish between coupon books and legal tender.
This reminded me of the day in the summer of 2009 when Max was about 6 months old. I was singing " Mera Naam Karega Roshan, Jag Mein Mera Raj Dulara (My prince/son will illuminate my name in this world)" when I found him sitting with the TV remote in pieces. I don't know if I should have laughed, but I did.
Jan 3, 2010 : Man proposes, God Disposes
The plan was to reach work at least fifteen minutes early and to work-from-home as less as possible this year( due to personal preference, even though it is highly encouraged by the company and the boss)
Good Morning! goes the alarm at 6.15 am and I am in my car by 7.20 am ready to hit the road. The car refuses to start. Staying away from work and hence the road for ten days has driven its lazy battery to a slumber. The battery had to be replaced and I worked from home. There we go again!
I am hitting the 'Publish Post' button before something else goes wrong and my words remain unwritten yet again.
My mind follows the same train of thought about new year resolutions as it does about the new year. In my opinion, promises are meant to be kept every day, and if one keeps waiting for a calendar year to turn to make and keep promises, often times they are broken by the time the pages turn to the spring months. Nevertheless, 2010 being an immensely tough year, with a lot of friends and family going through major unfavorable life events, I couldn't wait for it to be over, set our lives back in order and start afresh in various respects.
One of them was to start using cash over credit cards, in order to keep a closer fist on the spending, which many-a-times gets derailed by these 'credit cards that have got no limit'. So here's how it started off.
Jan 2, 2011 - Tridib, my husband gives me a hundred dollars in five twenty dollar bills for lunch, etc., and I pocket my pocket-money in my jeans. The evening goes by as Tridib watches a movie and I join him for a bit, when the phone rings and I get up to grab it.
Ouch! I shout out to Tridib, as soon as my eyes rest on my yellow lab Max, with my money in his mouth. Two twenty dollar bills were ripped apart and part of one was already eaten. Bravo Max! Not his fault though, how does an untainted mind distinguish between coupon books and legal tender.
This reminded me of the day in the summer of 2009 when Max was about 6 months old. I was singing " Mera Naam Karega Roshan, Jag Mein Mera Raj Dulara (My prince/son will illuminate my name in this world)" when I found him sitting with the TV remote in pieces. I don't know if I should have laughed, but I did.
Jan 3, 2010 : Man proposes, God Disposes
The plan was to reach work at least fifteen minutes early and to work-from-home as less as possible this year( due to personal preference, even though it is highly encouraged by the company and the boss)
Good Morning! goes the alarm at 6.15 am and I am in my car by 7.20 am ready to hit the road. The car refuses to start. Staying away from work and hence the road for ten days has driven its lazy battery to a slumber. The battery had to be replaced and I worked from home. There we go again!
I am hitting the 'Publish Post' button before something else goes wrong and my words remain unwritten yet again.
Ha ha ha...goes without saying and beyond words...well written piece of verse....you mite as well think of writing as a secondary career option. ;-)
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