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In the beginning of 2019 my New Year’s resolution was to start a blog

You are now reading that very blog on or after December 29, 2019. I will be honest and say that I started the blog…. I’ll get to that later.

But you know what? I’ll be darned. I DID IT. I kept a promise to myself. I did what I said I was going to do when others asked the daunting and oh so generic question “what is your new year’s resolution this year?”. I may have started it just a tad over, let’s just say… 2 weeks ago. BUT I DID IT. AND YOUR READING IT. I did what I was going to do in 2019 even if it took 352 days to work up the confidence.

Can I tell you something? Just kidding rhetorical question—this is MY blog—so of course I can. Anyway, I believe the devil is alive and well. Does he lie? Yep. Does he deceit? Yep. Does he discourage? Absolutely. However, you know what he does exceptionally well? Especially in our modern society? That slimy disgusting inexcusable serpent COERCES US TO WASTE… OUR…. TIME. Moments become hours and hours become days and days become years. Before you know it, the dream is delayed by not hours BUT decades. God chooses our beginning and our end--and we get to choose what we do with the middle. Use it and use it wisely. Don't waste another day.

Make 2020 the year you go for it

Start the blog. Start the business. Expand the business. Step into your boss’s office. Book the flight. Tell her you love her. Go sing live. Write your first song. Submit your first demo. Go read your poem out loud at one of those emo places people read poems at. Sell your first piece of art. Start the book. FINISH the book. Ask her to marry you. Ask him to renew your vows. Apply for the program. Go back into the program. Get the patent. Open the store. Design the brand. Create the business plan. Buy the domain. Fill out the adoption application. Sign up for the marathon.

Whatever it is that has been on your heart in a way that becomes incredibly aggravating when your mind won’t detour from it. DO IT. In little steps, tiny steps, big steps, bigger steps, ANY kind of STEPS. DO IT.

2020 sounds like a kick ass year to initiate a dream that god ends up fulfilling beyond your wildest expectations. I mean that literally--it literally sounds amazing '2020'. I’m going to keep it simple and say that at the least--two zero two zero is easy to remember. When people ask you when you started your fortune 500 company? TWO. ZERO. TWO. ZERO. When people ask you when you drew up the plans for your brand? TWO ZERO TWO ZERO. When people ask you when you started a book that would later be spotted on a top seller list? TWO ZERO TWO ZERO. When people ask when you initiated that charity that changed millions of lives? TWO ZERO TWO ZERO. You can even make a chant with it... TWO. ZERO. TWO. ZERO. 2020 even looks cute when you write it on paper. Heck you can put smileys in the 0’s and make it look even cuter.

Let me make you feel better and accelerate your confidence in whatever dream is meandering around in your head right now by saying this:

This blog your reading… it may turn out to be the worst blog to ever happen in the history of mankind. I’ve most likely lost half of my readers by mentioning smileys in 0’s and stating god and ass in the same sentence. There is a slim chance that my mom, dad, and my sweet Auntie Terry from California may be my only subscribers. I may not ever get a like, a share, or a repost--but you know what? That’s ok, because I would have never known the outcome if I didn’t take the chance. I am being brave. I am being vulnerable. I am taking a chance--and for that--I’ve already accomplished the most important part. I’ve already won.

TAKE A CRAZY CHANCE THIS YEAR HONEY. BE THE BRAVEST YOU'VE EVER BEEN.

I’ll BE CHANTING 2.0.2.0 IN THE BACKGROUND FOR YOU with a sign that looks like this...