Welcome to 2023.
Some of this I may have repeated in previous years, but it’s the third weekend and I haven’t broken any of my new year resolutions – not yet anyway.
Another year and a reminder for self that I might be on the last lap in life’s big race. Maybe even in the home straight.
My Dad died at 66, which means I could have just this year to go.
It could be more, hopefully, but I am working on the less-is-more theory.
I have decided to say ‘yes’ to things I have usually put off for another time, and definitely say ‘no’ to stuff I don’t want to do.
A new diet: I’m trying to come up with one that doesn’t impact my love of beer and pizza.
If I can crack that conundrum, my last moments on this planet could be quite lucrative.
Don’t sweat the little things: that’s going to be top of my list, along with “you can’t change what you can’t change, so let things go”.
Pretentious people will not get my time unless I am getting paid to be nice to them.
Material possessions – unless somehow hooked to my soul – go to the bottom of the list, as do pontificating politicians.
I am not listening unless they get down and dirty, get with the real world, roll their sleeves up and have a crack.
Sure, mistakes will be made, but at least do stuff for the right reasons and not just to get their shiny arse in a cushy job with great remuneration and expenses within the guidelines.
Viva the revolution: 2023 is a year in which I personally need change in what I am doing but also what I put up with.
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My personal little crusade will at least make me feel better.
That goes for reality television as well.
If I have only a year to go, I am not going to watch some loser on television backstab their way through the show and end up on national radio or as a celebrity.
Finally, as a wise person once said, if you give 20 per cent of your time or your wealth to someone or something in need, you will get it back twofold.
So that’s my plan. I don’t want anything back apart from maybe getting to write this column for a few more years … but only if I am having fun.
Ashley Robinson is a columnist with Sunshine Coast News and My Weekly Preview. His views are his own.
