MEDIUM RARE
Jullie Y. Daza
It’s a good habit to remind oneself that breaking a bad habit or habits is a positive way to start the year. Better yet, to begin by cultivating a good habit.
“Save” is the first commandment. Save for a rainy day, a stormy day, a sunny day with LPA. With inflation rated at 8.1 percent by economists, whatever those figures mean, the reality is that food, which is consumed three times a day by most people, has been inflated at 20 percent, possibly more. Rent, which comes next on one’s list of unavoidable expenses and because it is paid every 30 days, has not kept pace, mercifully. For young people living on a budget, saving may be a bad word, but they could use a cushion later, when hard times call for a soft landing.
For people working in the higher echelons of government, please don’t embarrass yourselves, your country, your countrymen. Easier said than done, but what could be more nationally embarrassing than an aviation systems failure that was followed by a backup source that also failed, simultaneously? What about drug enforcers pushing drugs in their own office? Higher-ups in the national police being asked to submit their courtesy resignations for an “internal cleansing”? Whatever happened to the five generals named as drug lords and protectors years ago by their commander-in-chief?
The hardest tasks are supposed to be easier to tackle if they’re accomplished first. Example, going to the dentist. Dr. Bobby Gison advises visiting your dentist twice a year. He’s proud that his patients faithfully see him every six months. (Does he have a light touch, why they’re not afraid of him?)
For those who cannot let go of their phones, even when they’re in bed sleeping, make this the year to let go. If you’ve to ask why, you’ve lost it or are about to.
Anyone who is health- and beauty-conscious, follow the pretty doctor’s advice: Drink water “intentionally,” not only when you’re thirsty or gulping down a meal. Drink mindfully, knowing your body, which is 75 percent water like planet Earth, needs hydration.
Be kind. There’s no other way to say or justify it.