As another growing time of year arrive to a close and the holiday time of year chop-chop set about ( seriously , how is it mid - November already ? ! ) , this is the time that I commonly start to reflect on the past year and make plans for the next . I start imagine where I might go on vacation next class , or sketch out some raspy mind of thing I ’d care to accomplish . ( I know it seems early on to make New Year ’s result of sorts , but I ’ve previously discussedmy savage , far - reaching resource , so it ’s no surprise that I start already . ) Inevitably , this direct to remember the plans I made for last year and how many of them I did n’t meander up accomplish , but thankfully , my response to that line of thinking is almost always laughter , not regret .
lease me explicate : If there ’s one thing I ’m secure at , it ’s laugh at myself . I ’ve never been one to take myself too seriously , and I do not shy out from share the tales of my various foible with those around me , from the eventful evening where I broke two osseous tissue in my foot dancing and wound up in the emergency room , to the time I locked myself out of my gondola on the coldest twenty-four hours of the year — with the gondola run . I wish well I could say that the embarrassments end there , but that would simply be out of true .
Of course , I could just keep this ( ever - produce ) list of mischance quiet , but or else , like Oscar Wilde cite above , I prefer to express mirth at my own clumsiness and momentaneous lapses in brainpower as comfort for them . They ’re a part of who I am ; why not get a petty delight out of them while also spreading the joy around ?
The same is true for my “ fail ” architectural plan — there ’s no sense in gravel myself down about failing to stick to the ( true acute ) workout government I planned for 2013 . Instead , I think back to that time I accidentally kicked a wall while doing a menage workout , put myself out of gym condition for a week or so , and laugh while I start thinking about trying again in the upcoming year .
This attitude does not only pertain to superfluity or minor physical injuries — it ’s easily adaptable to life on the farm , too . Your dispiritedly unorganized planting docket backfired and you did n’t get as much planted as you want to ? Chuckle about it with some friend , and thenplan aheadfor next year . Trust me , it helps to imagine yourself as the trait you want to be ; I imagine myself that I ’m coordinated all the metre , and I think it ’s slowly working ! I have n’t tripped and fallen over my own two foot in almost six months . ( bash on Ellen Price Wood . )
You ’ll be surprised how much a healthy good sense of humor about yourself can lighten up your animation , and allow you to take on new risks and challenge . Consideringraising goatsnext year ? Go for it ! Just imagine the deliciousgoat cheeseyou’ll be make this time next year , and recollect to keep yourself humble . If the first cheese - making endeavor goes sour ( literally ) , you ’ll have a hilarious story to evidence at political party . Just be careful of the dancing floor while you ’re there — it ’s slipperier than it might seem .
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