This week's Music Monday is "Now" by Staind.
Recently I was thinking about my New Year's resolution. I was driving to work and listening to this album and two songs really stuck out as songs about making a change.
New Year's resolutions are always fun to make but really hard to follow. This past year I swore I was gonna kick 2011's ass. Didn't really happen. I think the problem was that I just wanted to kick ass all year and be awesome at everything: husband, father, friend, running, weight lifting, work, family, blogging, reading, pretty much anything I wanted to do. I went in guns blazing but eventually ran out of ammunition.
My problem? I tried to be awesome at EVERYTHING....all at the same time. I found myself spread too thin. There never seemed to be enough hours in the day to do everything I wanted. I couldn't be an awesome runner when I was trying to be an awesome husband. I couldn't get my awesome workouts in because I was trying to work overtime to show how dedicated I am. I couldn't be an awesome friend because the times I could call or text my friends I spent trying to find some peace because I was stressed about not being a very good friend/husband/son/brother/father/person. Nonstop the entire year I felt like I could never get to the point where I was giving 100% to any certain person or thought. That probably showed up in my Music Monday posts. I seemed to be constantly trying to motivate myself to do better. I was just trying to do too much.
Towards the end of the year it became perfectly clear to me what I need: balance an perspective. I still want to improve myself in every way. I still want to be involved in lots of stuff. I just need balance and perspective to keep from running myself into the ground. This song is a good place to start.
This song is a great motivating positive song. I think it is a great song for anyone who knows they need to change something in their life and they need some motivation. I usually like to use music that screams and curses at me so I will probably use this song here to motivate me. It tells me to stop feeling sorry for myself and get over myself.
Either way, enjoy! And good luck on your New Year's resolution!
Recently I was thinking about my New Year's resolution. I was driving to work and listening to this album and two songs really stuck out as songs about making a change.
New Year's resolutions are always fun to make but really hard to follow. This past year I swore I was gonna kick 2011's ass. Didn't really happen. I think the problem was that I just wanted to kick ass all year and be awesome at everything: husband, father, friend, running, weight lifting, work, family, blogging, reading, pretty much anything I wanted to do. I went in guns blazing but eventually ran out of ammunition.
My problem? I tried to be awesome at EVERYTHING....all at the same time. I found myself spread too thin. There never seemed to be enough hours in the day to do everything I wanted. I couldn't be an awesome runner when I was trying to be an awesome husband. I couldn't get my awesome workouts in because I was trying to work overtime to show how dedicated I am. I couldn't be an awesome friend because the times I could call or text my friends I spent trying to find some peace because I was stressed about not being a very good friend/husband/son/brother/father/person. Nonstop the entire year I felt like I could never get to the point where I was giving 100% to any certain person or thought. That probably showed up in my Music Monday posts. I seemed to be constantly trying to motivate myself to do better. I was just trying to do too much.
Towards the end of the year it became perfectly clear to me what I need: balance an perspective. I still want to improve myself in every way. I still want to be involved in lots of stuff. I just need balance and perspective to keep from running myself into the ground. This song is a good place to start.
Now it's up to you
The path that you choose
Got to do something different
Now it's all the same
No one to blame
Got to do something different now
This song is a great motivating positive song. I think it is a great song for anyone who knows they need to change something in their life and they need some motivation. I usually like to use music that screams and curses at me so I will probably use this song here to motivate me. It tells me to stop feeling sorry for myself and get over myself.
Either way, enjoy! And good luck on your New Year's resolution!
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