The numbering of the post seems as ominous as the cultural context of the year–at least to those living in North America. Snakes are, according to some relogious systems, evil things. However, I often find that evil is commonly entwined with trickery and intelligence. It seems that to be smart and to use that knowledge to manipulate rules or systems to your advantage is perceived as ‘evil’ depending on who is writing the narrative. In this particular phenomenon it is often those who were tricked or otherwise taken advantage of who wind up writing the narrative and thus feeling aggrieved. All of this is to say that this is definitely going to be my snake year.
I’ve been aggrieved for a long time. I’ve felt the victim and often allowed the system to disadvantage me, but now I feel it is time to take control of my future and take charge of my present. I intend to find all the tricks and all of the ways that can be used to my advantage both professionally and financially–even physically. I’m going to hack my own life. It is long past time to take control and be that person who is winning vs losing. It is more than a mentality. It is about forward-thinking actions.
So, I suppose I do have one of those pithy resolutions I spent the previous decade and a half complaining about. I resolve to hack my life and get rid of the extraneous code slowing down the vital processes. I’m going to replace those things with streamlined upgrades. I’m going to have a better self and a better life, because I finally realize that I absolutely deserve it.