As I mentioned around this time last year, I am not a fan of New Year resolutions. I think it's best for one to resolve to do better each day than she did on the previous one. Self improvement should be constant and shouldn't be saved up and heaped onto one day when one is expected to magically morph into a new and improved version of her previously lacking self. Most days I learn something about myself to be admired or changed and I attempt to act accordingly. That said, this year I'd like to talk about some actions I should curtail as well as others I'd like to curtailed by others.
I'd like to see a moratorium on the following:
- Ending motivational sentences with the words, "let's go". It sounds stupid, we aren't going anywhere, and anything that mimics Sean Combs is rarely fruitful to the average person. Let's fight to end, "let's go" unless we really are leaving our present location for another.
- Use of the word "hater". Sure, there are always those who are out to see another person fail and who rejoice in the failures of others but let's just go back to calling them enemies or just not calling them at all. Besides, everyone who corrects you, challenges you, chides you, or calls you on your b.s. is not a hater. Many times that person is your FRIEND.
- Posting specifics on what one is eating, drinking, or cooking on Facebook as a status update. It may be delicious but trust me, NOBODY cares.
- Major grammatical errors, misspellings, and general writing faux pas. Let us not confuse them with typos or unavoidable human error. This year I saw a person write something on Facebook about an innocent "bi-standard". This has got to stop.
- Holding pimps in high regard. There is absolutely nothing attractive, uplifting, or morally beneficial about pimps, pimping, or being pimped. Let's stop touting the goodness of pimping and instead spend that energy extolling the goodness of teaching school, saving lives, volunteering to help the less fortunate, or even formally educating ourselves.
- Quoting rappers, gossip sites, or your cousin's ex-boyfriend's god-sister's second child's father as reputable sources for important information. Pick up a damn book, watch the news, read a newspaper, or go to a REAL news website.
- Avoiding activities you think are "boojie" like brunch, snow sports, ballet, plays, watching the news, or movies that don't star Katt Williams. Broaden your mind and discover something new about life outside a five mile radius of your neighborhood.
- Over-generalizing people, places, and things. Though it may be fine for some conversations it would really behoove us to do a little research and think logically before arguing for a way to lump all things and people into one category. Step your educational game up, son.
- Behaving as if being knowledgeable is a crime. Stupid is NOT the new smart and ignorant isn't the new well-informed. Don't spend time mocking people who are well-versed in something. This only serves to make you look like an idiot of gargantuan proportions. If you come across someone who is smart in a certain area take the opportunity to learn from him.
There are always steps one can take to improve her life. The best part about positive change is that it often influences the choices of those around us. Positivity can spread like wildfire but someone has to be willing to be the spark.
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