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Day Talk: What gift will you give yourself in 2015?
11 years ago
-Written by Boardgamebrony-
The holidays are upon us, guys, meaning there is only one week left in the year 2014.
No doubt many of you have partaken in the age-old gift giving rituals across the world for whichever celebration you enjoy, whether it be time with family and friends or even online communion with your fellow fandom members. For some of you, those celebrations are still on-going while others have chosen a more relaxed holiday environment with their own personal focuses.
But I’m here today to help you think about what you want to do starting in one week. I’m not talking about New Year’s Resolutions. I’ve never really liked that term. Instead, I want to ask you:
What gift do you want to give yourself in 2015?
Seems a simple enough question, but I want you to think really hard about something. I’m not talking about an item (unless that item is important in radically changing your life). Here are examples of what I mean:
-You can promise to be kinder towards yourself and forgive past mistakes you’ve made.
-You can decide it’s time to take that life-changing step you’ve always wanted to do for the better.
-You can promise to give friendship another chance when perhaps it seemed like it would never work again.
-You can decide to chase after that dream you wanted, no matter how out-of-reach it may seem, no matter how silly it may sound, and dare to move ever towards it.
Today’s question is about deciding how you want to make 2015 better than this year, better than any year you’ve had so far.
And hey, if you want it to include ponies, that’s fine too.
My goal for 2015 does include ponies, but that’s because my life is 120% filled to the brim with ponies:
My camera finally arrived. It’s the one I’ll be using to create some new Drawponies videos. Not only that, but I’ll be taking it across the country to film the events I experience. I’ll be interviewing bronies I meet along the way, trying to get their take on things that matter to them as well as fun events we’ll be participating in, like the improv show Whooves Line is it Anyway?
Along the way, I think I’ll discover more about myself in the process. Whether I’m on-camera as myself or filming in-character, I’ll make extra effort to treat myself right so I can find the confidence to be more daring this year in my endeavors than I was even last year.
I’m going to find a way to use my film making, documentaries and performances to make next year the year where I reach a new and wonderful level in my life.
What do you guys want to do?
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“It is not the critic who counts;
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly;
who errs,
who comes short again and again,
because there is no effort without error and shortcoming;
but who does actually strive to do the deeds;
who knows great enthusiasms,
the great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who at the worst,
if he fails,
at least fails while daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
-Theodore Roosevelt
The holidays are upon us, guys, meaning there is only one week left in the year 2014.
No doubt many of you have partaken in the age-old gift giving rituals across the world for whichever celebration you enjoy, whether it be time with family and friends or even online communion with your fellow fandom members. For some of you, those celebrations are still on-going while others have chosen a more relaxed holiday environment with their own personal focuses.
But I’m here today to help you think about what you want to do starting in one week. I’m not talking about New Year’s Resolutions. I’ve never really liked that term. Instead, I want to ask you:
What gift do you want to give yourself in 2015?
Seems a simple enough question, but I want you to think really hard about something. I’m not talking about an item (unless that item is important in radically changing your life). Here are examples of what I mean:
-You can promise to be kinder towards yourself and forgive past mistakes you’ve made.
-You can decide it’s time to take that life-changing step you’ve always wanted to do for the better.
-You can promise to give friendship another chance when perhaps it seemed like it would never work again.
-You can decide to chase after that dream you wanted, no matter how out-of-reach it may seem, no matter how silly it may sound, and dare to move ever towards it.
Today’s question is about deciding how you want to make 2015 better than this year, better than any year you’ve had so far.
And hey, if you want it to include ponies, that’s fine too.
My goal for 2015 does include ponies, but that’s because my life is 120% filled to the brim with ponies:
My camera finally arrived. It’s the one I’ll be using to create some new Drawponies videos. Not only that, but I’ll be taking it across the country to film the events I experience. I’ll be interviewing bronies I meet along the way, trying to get their take on things that matter to them as well as fun events we’ll be participating in, like the improv show Whooves Line is it Anyway?
Along the way, I think I’ll discover more about myself in the process. Whether I’m on-camera as myself or filming in-character, I’ll make extra effort to treat myself right so I can find the confidence to be more daring this year in my endeavors than I was even last year.
I’m going to find a way to use my film making, documentaries and performances to make next year the year where I reach a new and wonderful level in my life.
What do you guys want to do?
---
“It is not the critic who counts;
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly;
who errs,
who comes short again and again,
because there is no effort without error and shortcoming;
but who does actually strive to do the deeds;
who knows great enthusiasms,
the great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who at the worst,
if he fails,
at least fails while daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
-Theodore Roosevelt
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Funny enough 2 and 4 kind of go hand in hand with me. I'm back in school (going to be taking web classes) and getting back on my route to my bachelor's and post-grad degrees!
