Your right as an American

Today I exercised my favorite right as an American.

I called for a do-over.

As a society, the American people have an obsession with the second chance. We love the redemption story, the rise of the fallen, and the prodigal son. It is absolutely one of my favorite things about this country; even in utter failure, we don’t have to fail. We’ll let you file for bankruptcy or go to rehab. You can change your major, or go back for your Master’s. Our video games have extra lives and re-spawn points. Our movies have director’s cuts and gritty reboots. Our sports teams can fix things on the bye week, or reload for next year in the draft. The only thing we can do to really lose in this place, is stop playing. You have to make the conscious decision to give up! The only person that can stop you is you.

My own worst enemy

We have a hundred do-over opportunities built into our calendar. New Year’s resolutions, Spring Cleaning, Easter, the first of the month, the new fiscal year, birthdays, anniversaries, a full moon, the Sabbath, Thirsty Thursday, or the Winter Solstice.

Many lives have been changed after a Thirsty Thursday

The point is it doesn’t matter. Whenever you make up your mind to change something (or even everything) about your life is the perfect time to do it. I recently decided that I was unhappy with the road I was walking on, so today I changed lanes. I shaved my face, ate a salad for lunch, and even posted on my blog!

Maybe tomorrow I’ll work out, or even write some more. After all tomorrow is the first Friday in November, a perfect day for a do-over.