That time again

And I just had a phone conversation that reminded me of that line in the "Peter Laughner is Dead" Lester Bangs thing, which I cannot find in toto online [ah, found it!] but need to read again, like, tonight...

It's actually by Peter Laughner, from a CREEM review of a 70's Lou Reed album; no matter, it came into my mind while I was talking to a friend just now:

Here I sit, sober and perhaps even lucid, on the kind of winter's day that makes
you realize a New Year is just around the corner and you've got very little to
show for it, but if you are going to get anything done on this planet, you
better pick it up with both hands and DO IT YOURSELF.