Do you ever watch a movie so many times that you can recite it? What’s funny about this phenomenon is that I’ll watch movies that I absolutely know and still sit on the edge of my seat. For example, I recently watched Rumor Has It for the second time. Granted, it’s not a movie I know very well but I know what happens in the movie. I wanted Jennifer Aniston’s character to admit that she was in love with her fiancé. It takes her several days in order for her do admit this but she had to sleep with another guy in order to find this out.
Being a former screenwriter, I’ve often wondered what would have happened if she admitted to her fiancé that she had doubts in the beginning of the movie. Of course, it wouldn’t have made a good movie but that’s not the point. But I think we all do this. How often have you thought about how different your life would have turned out if you did something differently.
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One year ago, I made the following resolutions:
Here’s what I accomplished:
- I actually gained a few pounds
- I’m about 75% through the bible
- Wrote 19 Crossword articles (Out of 22 since I started mid-January)
Not that bad, I have to say! I plan on finishing reading the bible, even though it’s more than a year. What I learned through the year was that it’s not about accomplishing the goal: it’s about the attitude about it. I still want to lose a few pounds, but I learned to take things slow. Reading through the bible taught me that it’s about reading, not about doing. Finally, writing the Crossword articles twice a month taught me to write with a deadline.
Now that a new year has begun, I think I’ll continue writing Crosswords twice a month. Hopefully, I’ll go to the gym more often and I’ll finish reading the bible. But I do need some new goals. How about these:
- Go skydiving at least once
- Go to Europe!!
Let’s see how this year turns out!