I've never been one for New Year's resolutions. It seems to me that you don't really need a New Year to disappoint yourself. Lose 10 lbs; learn Spanish, run a marathon - all great goals, but I used to do that in college, "1981 will be a skinny year!" The 1's were the indicator. Yeah well, that didn't end so well, and then what, 1982 would be the curvy year? So resolutions aside, I did decide that my ennui and general sense of malaise could be remedied by varying my ho-hum, humdrum routine: shower, oatmeal, newspaper, work, gym, t.v., sleep--rinse and repeat. Though it needed to be a little more than exercise in the a.m. and eat eggs instead of oatmeal - but just how different? The plan is this: I have to do something different than I normally do each day. It only needs to be one thing, and each day doesn't have to be life-changing, but I need to do something different. I started gathering ideas: Easy: take the bus and then the ferry to work or go out to a bar by myself and have a drink, maybe try to make a new friend Medium: make sandwiches and hand them out to the homeless as I walk to work or go on a ride-along with OPD Hard: get around/spend the day (including to and from work in SF) without spending any money whatsoever (no transit cards, nothing), or work at a radio station as an intern for a day. Those are just some primers, but I'll need more ideas. I'll be relying on my friends, and their friends, and their friends, to prime the pump and keep me going. I expect that ideas and energy will be a challenge, but I'm actually looking forward to it and to seeing how my life will change with this endeavor. Who knows, maybe something exciting will happen like I get to meet my high school musical hero, Peter Frampton!
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
The Big Reveal
I've never been one for New Year's resolutions. It seems to me that you don't really need a New Year to disappoint yourself. Lose 10 lbs; learn Spanish, run a marathon - all great goals, but I used to do that in college, "1981 will be a skinny year!" The 1's were the indicator. Yeah well, that didn't end so well, and then what, 1982 would be the curvy year? So resolutions aside, I did decide that my ennui and general sense of malaise could be remedied by varying my ho-hum, humdrum routine: shower, oatmeal, newspaper, work, gym, t.v., sleep--rinse and repeat. Though it needed to be a little more than exercise in the a.m. and eat eggs instead of oatmeal - but just how different? The plan is this: I have to do something different than I normally do each day. It only needs to be one thing, and each day doesn't have to be life-changing, but I need to do something different. I started gathering ideas: Easy: take the bus and then the ferry to work or go out to a bar by myself and have a drink, maybe try to make a new friend Medium: make sandwiches and hand them out to the homeless as I walk to work or go on a ride-along with OPD Hard: get around/spend the day (including to and from work in SF) without spending any money whatsoever (no transit cards, nothing), or work at a radio station as an intern for a day. Those are just some primers, but I'll need more ideas. I'll be relying on my friends, and their friends, and their friends, to prime the pump and keep me going. I expect that ideas and energy will be a challenge, but I'm actually looking forward to it and to seeing how my life will change with this endeavor. Who knows, maybe something exciting will happen like I get to meet my high school musical hero, Peter Frampton!
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Pete and I want to take you to dinner and a movie at Chabot Space and Science Center. NERDFEST. Also, my production manager's husband is an OPD cop so I may be able to help with that drive-along (of course I'll need to go too!)
Exciting!
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