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My New Year's Resolution for 2015:
"There is Nothin' Like a D.A.M.E."
My New Year's Resolution for 2015 is musically themed as "There is Nothin' Like a D.A.M.E.," with the acronym 'D.A.M.E.' representing the following:
1. Debt Elimination
2. Activist Sabbatical
3. Music Appreciation
4.
Debt Elimination: I am working on being out of credit card debt by the end of 2015, so that the money I am spending on minimum payments and interest each month can be spent elsewhere!
Activist Sabbatical: After the 2014 "Koch Brothers' Midterm Elections" (and now that "We, The People" virtually live in "The United States of the One Percent"), the wind has gone out of my proverbial sails, and I am taking an "Activist Sabbatical" for the foreseeable future!
Music Appreciation: While I am not being an "Online Activist," during My Activist Sabbatical, I am going to recharge my proverbial batteries by listening to the all of music that I wish!
Emotional Development: Before I can even think about starting a new Exercise Routine, I realized today (January 31st, 2015) that I have some Emotional Development issues that I need to work on!
[October 28th, 2019 Update, Written On January 23rd, 2022: After October 28th, 2019, I decided to stop taking public transportation in order to get around... So, I started to walk everywhere I go in order to transport myself—and as a way for me to exercise at the same time! However, I am limited as to how far I can travel, since I can only walk about a total of three to four miles in one direction. And so, I have been walking everywhere I go, ever since October 28th, 2019.]
-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Poet, Artist and Philosopher)
"I am the poet who thinks that he knows it!"
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My Philosophical Notes:
The reason that I wrote this prose can be summed up with the following statement: I wrote this prose because I am carrying over My New Year's Resolutions from 2013 and 2014, which focused on 'Conscious Consumerism,' but I am now working on Debt Elimination, an Activist Sabbatical, Music Appreciation and
Also, I will provide an update in 2016—along with updates provided during the year—of my year-long efforts in 2015 with "D.A.M.E." (Debt Elimination, Activist Sabbatical, Music Appreciation
And this prose was also published on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog (please see the hyperlink below for the blog), since I feel that the message in this prose applies to the message that I am trying to convey through "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer."
This prose was written in Portland, Oregon.
-Paulee
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com
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April 24th, 2015 Update: I bought an exercise outfit and fanny pack to go along with my new shoes in order to encourage myself to exercise on a regular basis.
June 21st, 2015 Update: I finally took my exercise outfit, shoes and fanny pack for a test run (or, a test walk). And I decided to only exercise if I am in the mood and to only exercise until I got tired. Thus, I plan to only exercise, in the beginning of this process, when I am in the mood, and for as long as it feels right, because I am trying to make exercising something that I enjoy!
November 20th, 2015 Update: I am proud to report that I successfully eliminated my entire credit card debt at the first part of this month, which is "a good thing" (as Martha Stewart would say), since I can spend the money that I was spending on minimum payments and interest on other things, such a buying vegan foods and also making donations for political causes, as well as for charitable causes!
My New Year's Resolution 2015 Update (which was written sometime after January 1st, 2016):
It's 2016 and—as I mentioned above—I spent the year working on Debt Elimination, an Activist Sabbatical, Music Appreciation and
[January 23rd, 2022 Update: I was editing this post and I decided to research why I had become debt free twice, according to this blog post: first in November of 2015 and again in January of 2016, which is confusing! So, I checked my monthly budget archives and found out that I made one credit card purchase in December 2015, right after I had eliminated all of my credit card debt at the first part of November 2015. Therefore, I paid off that small purchase when I made my credit card payment in January of 2016, which is why it looks like I got totally out of credit card debt two times!]
By the way, I still owe my dad for the furniture that he bought for me when I moved to Oregon from Utah—for the second time—and I plan to repay him as soon as I am able to do so... [Update: I was able to repay my dad for about half of what I still owed him, before he passed away on February 18th, 2018.]
And my New Year's Resolution for 2016 is a continuation of my New Year's Resolution from 2015, since I am finding out that my musically themed New Year's Resolution "There is Nothin' Like a D.A.M.E." (which I have updated to stand for Debt Prevention, Activist Return, Music Appreciation and
Speaking of emotional development, I also decided to become vegan again, sometime before the end of March 2015, and I am feeling much better about my food choices, plus I am feeling much better overall. You see, I became vegan the first time in 1999, right before I moved here to Portland, Oregon from Salt Lake City, Utah the first time. (I moved back to Salt Lake City, Utah from Oregon in early 2007—for about two years—and then I returned to Portland in early 2009.) So, this is actually my second time living in Oregon and also my second time being vegan!
October 28th, 2019 Update, Written On January 23rd, 2022: After October 28th, 2019, I decided to stop taking public transportation in order to get around... So, I started to walk everywhere I go in order to transport myself—and as a way for me to exercise at the same time! However, I am limited as to how far I can travel, since I can only walk about a total of three to four miles in one direction. And so, I have been walking everywhere I go, ever since October 28th, 2019.
January 23rd, 2022 Update: I was editing this post and I decided to research why I had become debt free twice, according to this blog post: first in November of 2015 and again in January of 2016, which is confusing! So, I checked my monthly budget archives and found out that I made one credit card purchase in December 2015, right after I had eliminated all of my credit card debt at the first part of November 2015. Therefore, I paid off that small purchase when I made my credit card payment in January of 2016, which is why it looks like I got totally out of credit card debt two times!
This "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Post No. 060 was edited on February 22nd, 2023.
"Prose is using all of the words that are necessary in order to describe all that is necessary to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]
