New Year’s Resolution, Week 52
This Week: Me 1, Fear 0
Total Score: Me 41, Fear 26
OK, 3 days and change left in the year, and one of the more high-stress weeks of the year (the week of Christmas) caps it off. The stress that comes with Christmas is kind of pissant in the grand scheme of things (especially if you’re a person without kids; kids and Christmas, that’s a whole different ballgame, and props go to every set of parents who do it right and care about giving their kids a good holiday), but it still creates fear, so we’ll talk about it. I had some typical week-of stress (“Do I have something for everyone I should have something for? Am I doing enough? Will I get everything done in time?”), and I was in the stores until 7:30 on Christmas Eve, but all in all, I kicked ass. I refer to the immortal words of Mr. Miyagi, who once said “Buddha provide.”
There’s some snow here on the East Coast, too, but that’s really no big deal. Not even worth awarding a point to in either direction.
Later in this week, or at the beginning of the next (I may wait until I’ve got the whole year under my belt), I’ll sit down with all 52 weeks of these posts and do a wrap-up. I’ve got next year’s resolutions picked out as well (which, thankfully, won’t be as emotionally intense as this year’s, from the looks of things), but we’ll talk about those in the wrap-up.