As we role inexorably
towards 2012 we see the inevitable, good riddance to 2011, heres hoping 2012 will be better comments. A
lot of store is set by new year, people make fresh starts, new diets, new
resolutions and make changes to their lives. I have never really understood it,
aside from the human physche needing an actual push and shove to get them to do
something that they could have done at any given point during the year. It has
always confused me, and it is one of a few reasons why I don’t a) get excited
about New Year and b) why I don’t make resolutions. This year I chose to lose
weight, I chose to drop the kilos, and I did. It didn’t take a momentus
occasion, or a special date, or a change in the roatation of the earth. I just
woke up and decided to do something about it and I have. I am now over 17 kilos
down and it didn’t require a calendar change, it did however require a wardrobe
change. This means that I walk into January
with a smile, no long terrified to stand on the scales, and no longer scouring
the back of the rails in stores to find clothes that will fit. It took me a
long time to figure out what was wrong with me, and once I did I havent looked
back. Except to look at pictures of my old self and think how sad it was that I
hadnt found the key to my success earlier.
I wont be making a new beginning
this year, I am making plans, but I do not want to brush 2011 aside and pray
for a happier year. I would indeed hope that 2012 brings more of the same for
me, in the sense that 2011 gave me a lot. It gave me a project that taught me a
lot, and not just in work terms, it taught me a lot about who I am. 2011
brought me my family to the same building as me, strengthening a bond that was
already unbreakable. It brought me my other half who in turn brought me a sense
of calm and a sense of priority.
This year there will be
no flippant remarks about ensuring that I don’t die my hair purple or drink too
much, that is inevitable. The drinking, not the hair dye. Their will be more of
what you have seen of the junior Redding in 2011, more music, more events, more
working my ass off. Less ranting, less partying and less tears. I will remain
at my desk doing what I believe I do best, working with some remarkable people
to bring what is quite clearly one of the biggest loves of my lives, great
music, to your doorsteps and to your ears. I shall also continue to be
delighted by the man in my life, who has to be the most patient man alive, I
shall remember how lucky I am to have him and to have the life that I do. I
shall strive to be like my Father, who still to this day pushes boundaries and
has vision and strength that men somehow lack these days, I shall celebrate my
Mother, one of the most special and remarkable women I have ever known who is
so much to so many but remains the most to me, and my brother, the man who
quietly shines, and with no pomp just silently goes about being my brother in
the best way he can, in a way that no other could.
New Year should be a quick
pit stop, time for us to look back and note the things in our lives that we
love, and want to continue to cherish, you don’t need a date, or a countdown or
fireworks to help you make a change. If you want something badly enough, no
calendar date will stop you.
I wish everyone a great
New Year and I know I am looking forwards, and not back to what will be, I am
sure, another great year.
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