A long overdue New Years Glog

Oh my, I can't believe that it is 2008!!! What an incredible holiday season and with all the "to do" that Chanumas has brought, I have neglected my responsibilities as founder and president of Glogging Incorporated. I know that it is no excuse, but due to the huge grass roots following I have developed and the tremendous amount of fan mail that I deal with on a daily basis I have been unable to find time to bless you with another addition of my always inspiring, incredibly thought provoking prose.

As we enter this new year I want thank you, my dedicated glogheads for your patience and understanding. Brandi has appreciated your readership as you faithfully check back every hour in the hope that a new glog will be waiting. All of the comments really do wonders for her self esteem. It really is sad that her self worth is tied to how many comments my gloggies leave on one of her posts.

On a personal note I want to thank you, MY Readers, for being so kind to my wonderful wife. Your comments truly are a blessing to her, even though we all know why you check back so regularly. (For those of you who are new to this "blog" I would like to encourage you to read the following GLOGS to get a true sense of what this site is all about: Greg's First Blog, A Monkey Drinking a Fanta, Rules of Glogging, and A Christmas Glog).

So here's the beef:
Resolutions are a thing of the past... a hallucinogen for the masses who cling to the glimmer of hope that things will magically change because January 1st has once again rolled around. In light of this revelation, resolve with me never to make a resolutions again! Instead, I propose making a list of "Hopefullys." There is much less guilt involved with a hopefully than a resolution. If you break it you can always say, "I was hoping to, but... things changed."

List of Hopefullys for 2008:

Hopefully, I will get around to taking the Chanumas tree down. But, if I procrastinate long enough Brandi will get so frustrated she will do it herself.

Hopefully, I will lose weight this year. Although, I have no desire to exercise or curb my eating.

Hopefully, I will get our Chanumas cards out before January 16th. I wouldn't be surprised if you receive Ground Hogs Day cards.

Hopefully, I will have less stress. However, I have three children, run my own business and have all the demands of a celebrity, thanks to glogging.

Hopefully, I will be more environmentally conscious. I should probably get a recycling bin first. (For those of you who I may have offended with this comment please submit all complaints in writing to Office of the Ombudsmen 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington DC...please reference "Hopefully #5).

Hopefully, I will be more willing to listen to others' ideas. However I don't often find people with ideas as well-thought out and insightful as my own.

Hopefully,I will find a productive hobby. TV seems to provide everything I could ask for though.

Hopefully, I will travel more. However, car rides with three kids are no fun and I can't even imagine flying with three kids under 4.

Hopefully, I will be less argumentative. Yes, I do. . .stop arguing with me.

After much consideration I have concluded not only do I have no need for resolutions, but I have no need for Hopefullys. Dr. Abraham Maslow (someone almost as profound as your Glogmaster) coined the term "Self-Actualization" as the pinnacle in the hierarchy of human needs. Dr. Maslow summed up the concept as:
"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write,
if he is to be at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be.
This is the need we may call self-actualization ... It refers to man's
desire for fulfillment, namely to the tendency for him to become
actually in what he is potentially: to become everything that one
is capable of becoming ..."
I am that self actualized individual.
So, in conclusion a preface. A musician must make music, an artist must paint, and a glogger must glog.

Most Likely,
Greg

PS After reading my list of hopefullys I welcome your open and honest feed back in the form of comments . Please note that I am not dependent on your feedback as some form of stimulant to legitimize me as a person.
(But my goal is one more comment than Brandi has ever received so keep 'em coming. Feel free to comment two or three times. I gladly welcome them all. I promise not to rub her nose in it too much).,