I don't really remember the last time I ever made a resolution. I don't even remember ever "officially" making a resolution. There is one thing about resolutions, though, that I've almost always believed. No one has ever really stuck to their New Years resolutions, or at the very least, not cheated on it.
Think about it. Have you ever seen a resolution all the way through? Was it something you should be doing in the first place like eating healthy, watching your pennies, not being as wasteful? Have you ever made a resolution to break a nasty habit? Well, I have heard all those resolutions made either by friends, family, or "other". Not a single one has kept to it. Resolutions are not iron clad.
But, with the New Year, I do believe people should at least do this. Instead of making a resolution, just make thist time of the year, a time to just start it all over again. Start your life for that year with a clean slate. Any other time of the year you can't do that. The way I see it, when you make a resolution, you are making a promise, either to yourself or others.
When someone makes a resolution, it's normally one they feesibly CANNOT keep. Let's say smoking for one. It's a hard habit. Once you resolve to quit, most stop cold turkey and go right back to it. Some go on patches or prescriptions and those just give you nightmares and funky dreams so you go off and back to smoking. Some just replace the habit with something else. They start to indulge on that...while smoking. It doesn't work. If there is a bad habit or something you NEED to do to better your quality of life, do it when you're ready. You can't guarantee you're ready once the "ball drops".
But with starting the year as a blank slate, you set your mind-up, heart-up, and spirit-up to the possibility to anything! To give yourself a blank-slate at the drop of a ball is easy and spiritually cleansing. You feel lighter, clearer about your goals and directions, and you have the freedom to follow your instincts. When you can do that, opportunities for bigger things. More than what a single resolution can do.
With a resolution, it's a single focused task. You take an avenue and stick with it. Deter once and trip's over. You feel like you fail and you double back harder than before saying, "Screw it. I'll try again next year". With a clean-slate, you are open. your heart leads you to pick a different road and if you loose your way, all you do is take a deep breath, reorient, and you find either a new path, or a bypass back to where you were going.
So, Don't ever ask me what my resolution is for the New Year. I will say the same thing as every year. I resolve to not have a resolution. I can't keep one to save my life.
Think about it. Have you ever seen a resolution all the way through? Was it something you should be doing in the first place like eating healthy, watching your pennies, not being as wasteful? Have you ever made a resolution to break a nasty habit? Well, I have heard all those resolutions made either by friends, family, or "other". Not a single one has kept to it. Resolutions are not iron clad.
But, with the New Year, I do believe people should at least do this. Instead of making a resolution, just make thist time of the year, a time to just start it all over again. Start your life for that year with a clean slate. Any other time of the year you can't do that. The way I see it, when you make a resolution, you are making a promise, either to yourself or others.
When someone makes a resolution, it's normally one they feesibly CANNOT keep. Let's say smoking for one. It's a hard habit. Once you resolve to quit, most stop cold turkey and go right back to it. Some go on patches or prescriptions and those just give you nightmares and funky dreams so you go off and back to smoking. Some just replace the habit with something else. They start to indulge on that...while smoking. It doesn't work. If there is a bad habit or something you NEED to do to better your quality of life, do it when you're ready. You can't guarantee you're ready once the "ball drops".
But with starting the year as a blank slate, you set your mind-up, heart-up, and spirit-up to the possibility to anything! To give yourself a blank-slate at the drop of a ball is easy and spiritually cleansing. You feel lighter, clearer about your goals and directions, and you have the freedom to follow your instincts. When you can do that, opportunities for bigger things. More than what a single resolution can do.
With a resolution, it's a single focused task. You take an avenue and stick with it. Deter once and trip's over. You feel like you fail and you double back harder than before saying, "Screw it. I'll try again next year". With a clean-slate, you are open. your heart leads you to pick a different road and if you loose your way, all you do is take a deep breath, reorient, and you find either a new path, or a bypass back to where you were going.
So, Don't ever ask me what my resolution is for the New Year. I will say the same thing as every year. I resolve to not have a resolution. I can't keep one to save my life.
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