Random, disjointed thoughts, ideas, and projects going into 2023
The Sicks:
I start 2023 off with a bad case of Covid. Historically, I always get some kind of nasty-sick every January. At least I am consistent.
Resolutions:
I made four “resolutions” for the year.
(1) No Booze: I don’t drink all that much, so this shouldn’t be a hard one. Why, then, am I making this a “resolution”? I’m not sure. It just seemed like a thing to do/try, so I’m doing it.
(2) No Candy: I do, however, eat a lot of candy. That one is going to be…less easy. Why am I doing this one? My diet should be better, and eliminating candy is the obvious place to start.
(3) Get better at German: My study of the German language has fallen off. I want to be more proficient at it.
(4) Stretch: Stretching/flexibility is really important, esp. with age. I need to get back into a regular routine of stretching.
Skateboarding:
I don’t have any “goals” in skateboarding anymore—just have fun, that’s it. Enjoy the session for whatever it is, and whatever it brings.
Yeah, there are some new tricks I want to do, but that has been part of the process since the first day I stepped on a skateboard. I don’t even consider those “goals” anymore, it’s like asking if “breathing is a goal.” Well, maybe I’d like visit a few more skate parks this year, even though I generally hate skate parks. Oh, I just thought of goal for the year—get through an entire year without any real sense of “Gear Madness” taking hold (e.g. previous pots). The stretching thing is clearly skate-related, so I guess that counts as one, too.
The two other skate thing I’m doing for 2023 is keeping exact track of (a) what equipment I go through, (b) what injuries I get from skating that prevent me from skating for any period of time. I’m actually surprised I’ve never done either of these before. How many decks, wheels, shoes, etc. do I go through in a year? I have a guess, but I’m not certain. I’m going to find out. How often do I get really jacked from skating? I’ll find that out, too. (I know it’s far less since I started wearing pads more often…funny how that works).
The Being of Be(com)ing
There is a quote from Heidegger that I often cite. “We are what we have always been becoming.” Life is the process of that always becoming. Each moment of every day. We are always becoming, even if entails doing the exact same things over and over. I always try to “become-ing” with intentionality and passion…especially passion, because that it what fuels the entire thing.
I’ll end on this note—if you conceive of happiness as something “outstanding,” or somewhere else, it will never be where you are. Never.
