EDITED: 10/1/2011
If you couldn't tell by now, I love lists. I'm not the most organized person in the world but they help me to control my tornado of a mind. Speaking of lists, I was thinking about New Year's Resolutions today and how I never make them, much less commit to them.
These annual plans for a positive year seem more like wishful thinking done during the same time each year. It's nothing deeper. When you get right down to it, everyone's resolution is the same: Make Year [X] Better Than Year [X-1]. Even if yours is "to win the lottery" - a horrible resolution that I would wish you the best of luck with - the point still stands.
If you couldn't tell by now, I love lists. I'm not the most organized person in the world but they help me to control my tornado of a mind. Speaking of lists, I was thinking about New Year's Resolutions today and how I never make them, much less commit to them.
These annual plans for a positive year seem more like wishful thinking done during the same time each year. It's nothing deeper. When you get right down to it, everyone's resolution is the same: Make Year [X] Better Than Year [X-1]. Even if yours is "to win the lottery" - a horrible resolution that I would wish you the best of luck with - the point still stands.
From afar, life looks really, really, really good... but what about when the day comes to act? Do we remember what we said on December 31st?
The real question I have is why do we wait for one, specific day to suggest the changes we should make in our lives? I would hope that more people learn from their mistakes and adjust as soon as possible. This is a skill I have been working desperately to perfect. Nothing motivates me more than real, honest-to-goodness, experience. That's probably why New Year's Resolutions don't work for me. I would normally insert an analogy here but I'll spare you.
To those that are passionate about resolutions, I end with this: If you need to make one to keep yourself on track, do it, but realize that the opportunity is actually available 365 days a year...
My New Year's Resolution:
Improve at everything.
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