2010. I’ve prepared for this day. I’ve endured two years of chronic stress that came along with my divorce and the never-ending saga of “what is coming next?”.
I weathered it. Now I’m done. My hindsight for anyone going through divorce (recently) is…don’t give it any more power than it deserves. If you have children, that is your love and they deserve every ounce that you have to offer. Acknowledge your pain but do not not steep in it.
My resolution is to finally…finally let my anger and hurt wash away with last year. It is to plan a calendar filled with activity with my children. We are going to have a blast this year.
Activity. Activity. Activity. A friend of mine described his attitude concerning his approach to sales: “I go out there prepared to make an ass of myself everyday.” I paraphrase, of course, and the context adds more to the phrase, but the thought of taking chances everyday is the excitement that will make up 2010. He said that to me years ago. It wasn’t until after my divorce that I actually started putting that into practice. In 2010, I will take more chances than ever before. Activity takes your mind away from it’s own devices. Activity relieves stress. I could have done without that stress.
2010 will be a year that my children will remember as I will give them the dad that they deserve. As my daughter put it, “I want my silly daddy.” That daddy is right here…with bells on.
Happy new year.
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