About Those Resolutions...

If earning money was so important throughout the year, why is it never a common New Year's resolution?

Finding resolve for the next year involves taking a moment to reflect on our lives. And as we reminisce through our fortunes and regrets, what's superficial becomes less material.

For this New Year's, I've been taking a look back upon my life from a senior's perspective. After all my money has been made and my career has past, what are the events of the year that I would like to remember and what would be my resolution for the last of my years? I would be counting smiles and resolving a legacy.

Warren Buffett has said that "short-term decisions have long-term consequences." So to try and stand on the shoulder of giants, I'm learning to resolve decades rather than following years.

Goodbye 2008, I've spent the time learning so much. Rather than welcoming a new 2009, the days forward shall be welcoming a new me. No more spreading myself so thin. No more being comfortable. No more settling for complacent. I will do no less and be amongst the best at giving more.

Double Your Pleasure...

Wow! The level of talent that's performing at Kollaboration 9 is amazing. The songbirds are outstanding, the musicians are movingly melodic, and the dancers are high energy. And the eye-candy? Awwww jea jea...it's quite the good looking line up at the Shrine Auditorium.

The show is going to be on February 21, 2009. You know what that means? It's the best way to get over your Valentine's Day blues. Kollaboration 9 will help you forget the absence of roses and chocolates in your life. You'll feel like there might still be someone out there for you...and her name could be Yuri.

Merry X-mas!

It's a freaking sweet Christmas!

The only thing that has yet to be satisfied on my Christmas list is a one day snowboarding trip. It's been about three years since I've ripped through the slopes, and I certainly miss it. I miss hitting a rail...and then falling. I miss taking a jump...and then falling. I miss carving "S" shapes through the snow...and then falling. My body has been crackling and popping much less at the joints recently, but where's the rush?

Yea, yea...I've got good friends and family...whatever. I already thanked them on Thanksgiving. Bring the snow!

I miss the days when I used to wake up at the butt-crack of dawn and then drive up the windy mountain roads toward powder heaven. Red bull? Check. Granola Bars? Check. iPod? Check.

What I do NOT miss is the 40 min lines for the ski-lifts. Talk about awful. Regardless of my normal despise of waiting for anything, having to stand in line for nearly an hour just to board down a 10 minute slope is like taking red hot pokers to the pleasure center.

Anyways, the time has come to visit the slopes once again. We are getting some awesome snow, so I'll be looking forward to some good riding. w00t!

P.S. - My New Year's resolution will be trying to add some awesome to my writing...bigger, better, and faster in 2009.