Here’s the deal–for about 2 1/2 years, I have been trying to blog everyday. Reality is – I’m not entirely sure I’ve made it an entire solid week yet. So my New Year’s resolution (besides the inevitable lose 10 pounds and get a 4.0), is to blog EVERY SINGLE DAY. I decided, with that goal, I was going to need a theme or a gimmick for all those days when I’m just not feeling motivated or creative or its 2 a.m. and I just want to go to sleep.
On those days, I am going to give one thing that has made my life a little more amazing. A great book, inspiring movie, delicious recipe and anything else amazing because, next December, that’s how I want to define this year. No more waiting until tomorrow or selling myself short. When I finish this year, I don’t want any regrets.
Amazing 2012 suggestion one: Read Peter Pan.
I came up with this suggestion when I saw the above picture on Pinterest (there will be an entire post about the amazingness of Pinterest one day). I have to admit that I haven’t read Peter Pan for awhile–I’m going to have to take my own suggestion in the very near future.
Peter Pan is the boy that never grows up–I can’t be the only one that thinks that’s probably the best way to go. Not for the obvious reasons such as mom doing your laundry and making your mac and cheese, but for the possibilities that childhood allows. When you are five or eight or even 10, people don’t say your dreams are impossible because, at that point, anything is possible. But, after that, there are some things that will inevitably be taken off the table. Olympic gymnast. Child piano prodigy. Star of Toddlers and Tiaras.
I’m not trying to be a total downer here–there are still dreams to be had beyond baby beauty queens and Olympic gymnasts. But dreams get more and more complicated as we get older. We are expected to be practical, to make real money and to take care of real responsibilities.
That is why, every so often, we have to enter into a “Peter Pan State of Mind” – that moment where anything is possible. It is there that we remember what it feels like to imagine like a child and the promise that time brought. It may only last a second but sometimes that is all it takes. Remember that moment–it might not be enough to take you to Neverland, but maybe it’ll remind you of childhood dreams and motivate you to dream big again.
While it’s alright to grow-up and be practical, don’t ever say good-bye to the child that you once were. Don’t forget that you once believed you could be the President or win an Academy Award or compete at the Olympics. Use that same imagination and self-belief to be the best publicist, teacher, accountant, doctor or parent you can be.
PS…if you are no so into reading, I will accept you watching the movie. It’s a pretty dang good one!
