Observations

Alright, its been while since I’ve done a blog post on myself, or included something other than a video post. So here we go. Over the past several days I have been doing a lot of thinking, and since we are rapidly approaching spring it’s got me focused on my life, health and entertainment. Some people set new years resolutions or give something up for lent. I realized I pretty much have been just kind of drifting through life for the past 3 years just working, eating, watching tv, and sleeping. In other words my life has stagnated. I spend time looking back at all the fun I had in college and in high school, and long for that again. I fear that this stagnation in my life will continue until I am old enough to retire, and to be honest that scares the shit out of me.

I began to realize that all the fun in HS and in college revolved around new things. Doing, learning, and experimenting. New places, new people, new things, and new decisions made that part of my life so rewarding. Not just with alcohol and drugs but learning how to live on your own, manage your money, meet new people, try new things, and deal with responsibilities of life. What made this rewarding was that while learning about the downside of responsibilities, I could offset this with fun.

Now that I am older and have graduated from college, responsibilities tend to get in the way of fun, and although I am learning new things, I am not getting that kick out of life I loved so much when I was in college. I am beginning to realize that the fun doesn’t have to end just because you’re out of college, just the type of things you do has to change. Change is what makes life worth living.

After writing this post and pondering about title for it, I came up with the “Proclamation of Life” I thought it was a great title, and in searching Google for the term to make sure I was using it correctly discovered other peoples proclamations! It just so happens that the very first listing in Google happened to share many of the same outlooks on life that I did! Nice job Google!

So I am borrowing his and modifying it slightly as I am not as poetic.
Here it is MY PROCLAMATION OF LIFE 2010.

On this day, one do hereby vow to live
ones life in reason, and logic.
One vow to embrace the phases of life.
One does not need religion or guidance from a superstitious source.
One is self-reliant and independent.
From this day forward,
hence now and into the future,
one vows to remain in control of ones self,
think about ones surroundings,
think bigger and outside the box of religion,
remain independent from the bible and religion,
accept science as truth but never stop thinking, questioning, and challenging,
remain a rationalist thinker and being,
fight for freedom for all,
question the ways of life and nourish the mind,
to always be ones self.
and to live by these codes.

The codes:
Self-control, Thinking, Independence, Questioning, Challenging,
Freedom, Rationalist, Atheist, Agnostic, and Science.
These codes are ones way of living and existence.