Sun 15 Aug 2010
New Starts and New Beginnings
Posted by Tien Nguyen under Uncategorized
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As humans we greatly anticipate new beginnings and blindly ignore how often past new starts have mistreated us (hence why we want new starts).
In video games it’s disappointing to fail/die, but not so much since the reset button is always there. In Mario if you die you’re left with plenty of lives left–and when those are exhausted you can hit a continue button and start all over again.
Life is not so simple though. Our life is one continuous journey where our past in one way or another affects our present/future. And inevitably our past is filled with countless mistakes and regrets that won’t ever go away, similar to Mario where that damn turtle finds a way to hit you even though you hit that damn jump button before he got to you and throw your controller across the room…so it’s no wonder we’re constantly seeking new beginnings.
We celebrate New Years, birthdays, spring, etc. as new beginnings even though they’re completely arbitrary days that fall in line as they do due to the orbit patterns of the earth.
We celebrate graduations even if it may mean 3 months of seeking employment and failing, we anticipate new relationships even though every single previous one we had fell apart at one point, and we celebrate weddings even though divorce is basically a coin flip away (if you’re married/getting married..I don’t mean yours).
A new job? Let’s celebrate! Even though you’ll probably hate it and be miserable. Kids? Break out the cigars because they make you miserable too (except for your kids).
New football season? Your team probably won’t win the Super Bowl. Bonus points if you’re a Raiders fan.
So the point is, other than trying to depress the shit out of you if you actually take me seriously, is that try to make the most of your nows. You never know what you can do with the cards you’re dealt and a redeal may even get you worse cards. Our brains are wired to look forward to changes in areas of our lives that aren’t perfect.
But the best things in life are those that last, rather than those that are new to us.


























