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Before you start making all those New year resolutions, look back on the year past. Just check if you have kept your part of the bargain called life. I have this sinking feeling that I haven't been quite honest with life. I also have a worse sinking feeling that I am going to be the same in 2006 too.

I am not really into New Year resolutions. Most of them are just expressions, figures of speech so to say. Promises you cannot possibly keep. I dislike people who don't keep promises, even if it is myself.

No, I am not preaching. I am just trying to tell myself that it won't do any harm to try and be rather better next year, any year.

That is about the worst New Year resolution I have heard !

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Anonymous said…
I don't make resolutions. Why wait until New Years to make changes? Shouldn't changes be done through out the year?
Pradeep VM said…
Exactly, rain. I agree absolutely. And as always on the day after, I always wonder on the day after New Year, wasn't last New Year the same? Only difference as far as I can make out is that one grows older, so the perspective changes.

But Happy New Year to you, rain.
Pradeep VM said…
Hey christopherbrooks, thanka lot for reading my blog. I agree, my stuff is a bit personal. But then I am a loner, remember.

I have been to your blog. I didn't find the comments activated. So I have to leave this comment here.

You know what, putting day to day life is what blogging is all about. ANyway, I believe so. And I did get quite a bit of insight into the life of a park ranger. Good stuff.
Anonymous said…
Happy New Year to you too, Loner.
And yes, you're right. Each year seems to be the same, only a year older. But for me, it seems like each year only gets worse. Ten years ago I was a happier person. Oh, wait, I was still drinking then, oops. LOL *sigh*
Pradeep VM said…
:-) Aha, so that is it. You used to drink, huh. And gave up the stuff later. Good of you.

Is it really the last legal drug on earth? I understand the oops followed by the nostalgic sigh. Everyone who has drunk and stopped drinking knows the oops and the sigh. Oops. *SIGH*

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