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Drink less. MOG more. Waste less time. Seize more days, do more things. Take time to think. Stop rushing forward, admire the view. Spend less money. Do more work.

As even the most resilient of New Year Resolutions have long been consigned to the dustbin of good intentions, another set of transient promises flit across your mind. The odd moment of lucidity. The day you think you have it figured out. Each one appears with its own manifesto for change. The changes you think you need, the changes you think you want.

But then another night, another doubt. Things become more complex. Less certain. What you want and what you need become confused once more. Every corner makes you challenge your assumptions. Changes you could believe in become another footnote on the list of what ifs and maybes.

And that's when the music really matters.

Because sometimes you need to accept inertia. Let things flow over you. Stop fighting and float. LEt the melodies lift you, cleanse you. IF you're lucky, then things will all start to make sense.

If you are even luckier, you'll realise they don't have to.

Comments (12)

  1. scotfree says

    hello scholarly lad. well put and timely...doing a lot of floating myself at the moment. you change your major to phiilosophy now?? diggin' the tunes

    Permalink posted 02/12/2009
  2. Charley Rogulewski says

    Waste less time. Seize more days, do more things. Take time to think. Stop rushing forward, admire the view. Spend less money. Do more work. -- I'm on the same page as you.

    Permalink posted 02/12/2009
  3. Mooska says

    Great words to live by...especially if they include a daily dose of mogging and music!

    Mooska

    Permalink posted 02/12/2009
  4. deg5000 says

    so true and well said. I'm hoping that the tides I've been following bring me back to MOG soon. In the meantime, hope things are going well.

    Permalink posted 02/12/2009
  5. Dale says

    Uh ... yeah.

    Permalink posted 02/12/2009
  6. deadmandeadman says

    ".........People don't live or die anymore.....they just float."

    .............Dylan.

    "............To be as a feather, alight in the breeze, surely there is no greater pleasure!"

    ..........Euripedes Eupaiphordese.

    ".............You have to stand for something or you'll fall for anything"

    ..........Kurt Vonnegut

    Permalink posted 02/12/2009
  7. Rawkkiddoh says

    after the hellish week of teaching I have had, well tomorrow it will be drink more and work way less

    Permalink posted 02/12/2009
  8. ivylander says

    And you figured all this out in your first year? You're way ahwad of the game. Now all you have to do is do it....

    Permalink posted 02/13/2009
  9. Anna says

    You can hire me as your life coach, Joxy, I'll help you keep the resolutions and see the light. Discretion and friends' discount available.

    Permalink posted 02/13/2009
  10. Neill says

    @Anna; Hahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahaaaa.........

    Permalink posted 02/13/2009
  11. Mike the Knife says

    Carpe MOGum!

    Permalink posted 02/13/2009
  12. Anna says

    I can show you...really ;)

    Permalink posted 02/14/2009

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