Life Motto

Once, a couple of years ago, VN emailed out a forward from the division commander's wife. (For those non-Army folks, the division commander was a 2 star general.) V put at the top something to the effect of "We should always listen closely to the advice of senior army wives." Since this was during a deployment, I was expecting some "pep talk" about keeping your resolve, support your husband, we can do it, we're stronger than most people. . .blah blah blah. I almost deleted it without reading the rest. Turns out, it was this hilarious thing with all kinds of little quotes about friendship and army life. I wish I could find the whole thing, but I only have the last line, because I decided to make it my life motto.

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!”

Now, understand that this does NOT mean I am falling off of the Weight Watchers Wagon, and most of the time I am the designated driver, but the spirit of the statement just makes me smile.
I tend to overthink, overanalyze, overplan, and overorganize. I seem to spend most of my life thinking about two things: 1) How I screwed up events or relationships in my past; and 2) What I need to be doing to make the future right. Once in a while I realize that I haven't thought about the actual present day in months. I guess this is more of a goal than a motto. Someday, I am going to learn to enjoy my own company, and to believe that there are at least a couple of people out there who enjoy my company too. (Maybe)