At New Year’s we often make much of the fact that this is an arbitrary date. Actually we do that more with Christmas than New Year’s, but both of them are arbitrary. They are chosen for historic, cultural, personal reasons.
So we have the idea of New Year’s resolutions.
Stop and think. We have more than just New Year’s as an arbitrary anchor. We have each month. The first day of each month is a good time to start over and look at things again. Then we have the weeks whether you consider Sunday the first day of your week or according to your pocket calendar, Monday. It’s a good time to stop and think and plan.
You can also do the same thing on daily basis.
So just because something is arbitrary doesn’t mean it’s not important. We need to spend more time reflecting, readjusting and planning as much as we can. Of course we don’t know what the Progressives* will throw at us next but we can prepare to be surprised.
*(Liberals, educators, cultural Marxists, the media, socialists, communists, crony capitalists, fascists (I repeat myself), elites, Rinos, Democrats, leftists, Never Trumpers, Antifa, BLM, MSM, Deep State, etc. Synonym for swamp dwellers)
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Thursday, January 9, 2025
Opus 2025-024: Arbitrary Anchors
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