The Stars Might Lie But the Numbers Never Do

As we head into another new year, for some reason, it’s suddenly all about counting. Everything! In every area of life! How many? How far? How much? But if we didn’t quantify it, how could we know exactly how much success we were having? And that’s the most important thing, right? And the numbers don’t lie…unless we help them out just a bit.

How many steps in a day?

Just the ones the device actually counted? Or all of them?

Including the ones I faked by swinging my arm?

How many pounds does the scale read?

With one hand on the counter? Toes hanging off? Heels?

After I’ve reset it to “true zero” because it weighs heavy?

After I’ve thrown it across the bathroom?

What size do I wear?

Well, what size are my fat jeans?

What size are my skinny ones?

What is the average?

Including underwear size, because those are tiny numbers?

No?

What does it matter? Really? On say, a scale of 1-10?

How many calories in a day?

How many carbs?

How many grams of fiber?

How many grams of protein?

How much fat?

How hungry am I now from thinking about all of this?

How many hours until dinner?

What is my heart rate?

How many beats per minute?

How come it says zero?

How come this stupid thing isn’t counting…?

Oh, for the love of…what…?

Why won’t you @#%*ing work?!?

How come that number's suddenly so high?

How many glasses of water have I had today?

How many should I have?

How many can I safely drink in the next hour to catch up without peeing myself?

How much farther?

How many miles?

No? How many minutes because of weather or traffic?

How late are we going to be?

In addition to the amount that we were already late? Or how many later than late?

How many more times do you think they’ll believe it was weather or traffic?

How many likes?

How many views?

How many shares?

How many comments?

How many friends? Actually friends?

How many followers do I have?

How many people, other than me, think that sounds like a cult leader?

How many opportunities have I missed with my face in my phone?

How much does it cost?

How much do I have?

How much do I owe?

How much is enough?

How much, exactly, is more?

How many times have I failed?

How many have I quit?

Gotten back up?

Started over?

How many times have I just stopped counting…for just one day?

Stopped quantifying success?

Just been content?