Looking Forward

I do all my posts that I was supposed to do yesterday today. Including this one. Looking forward to 2011 gives me a feeling of uncertainty, but not necessarily in a bad way. I'm sure there are people out there that still worry about this shit economy and wonder if 2011 will improve their chances of getting a job, or perhaps just a better job than the one they currently have. Others still worry that they might lose their current job. For me, it's not this economy that drives my uncertainty but more the personal financial stuff involving adding a third member to the Perala band. It costs money to raise a child, and I want my daughter to have nice things like heat and electricity and food. I've been trying not to dwell on this aspect of the process, but I can't help myself. So in the spirit of not dwelling on the subject, I am going to move on.

2011 has the potential to be the most monumental year ever, simply because of the impending birth. Usually I would sum up a year gone by with the things I experienced, as I did yesterday. Things like sporting events, trips to far off lands and music heard. I got a feeling that from the spring onward, there won't be much of that. I could be totally wrong, because I still don't know what my life is going to be like once the baby comes. I honestly have no idea. But the idea that the new year always has the potential to be the best ever, that's whats important. It's like opening day of the baseball season or NFL season or NHL season or whatever sport you follow. If things bounce the right way, you could be a champion. Everyone is on a level playing field. Everyone has a chance to win, everyone has an equal record in the standings. It's that optimism that drives me, to think positively, that this year really could be the greatest ever. It's a starting over point, and there has to be one somewhere. You don't have to use the New Year as your starting over point. It could be your birthday or perhaps the first day of summer. For me, it's just easier to use the first of the year, because the one constant thing about all the events that happened in 2010 was the year in the date.

Do yourself a favor and make 2011 your bitch. Make it however you want it to go. Take the bullshit in stride, as much as you can, and realize that things could honestly be much worse, even if you don't believe that now. Jesus, I sound like I'm talking you out of suicide. Also, don't kill yourself in 2011, because you'll find the afterlife to be a real letdown. It won't be what you think it will be like. It will suck balls. Earth is where it's at, y'all.

Have a safe and wonderful 2011, and I'll see you all real soon.