Since I am a blogger I suppose I should acknowledge the New Year, or it might feel neglected and get jealous of last year - which got lots more attention from me than the newbie...so far.
I'm not big on New Year's resolutions - unless we're talking about an HD TV or flashy new camera. Resolutions have a way of working against people of the human persuasion. Determining some new direction or goal is a very good thing - determining that for 365 days you will bat 100% on your goal is setting yourself up for a quick and discouraging fall.
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| 365 days or a day 365 times? |
A resolution - any resolution - is like a good haircut: it must be oft repeated and maintained. We can make the mistake of thinking a resolution is once-for-all and any deviation thereof is failure. Negatory good buddy, negatory. While a New Year is a good starting point, what with the Gregorian calendar and the fireworks 'n such, you can only live one day at a time, and even then you have to do the morning, afternoon and evening thing for it to qualify as a complete 'day'.
My recommendation? Set your goals, but keep in mind that you have to renew your resolve every once in a while. Confucius suggested that we fall along the way because we decide beforehand just how far we will go - a year can fool us into thinking 'time is running out' and that we must accomplish certain things by a certain 'time' (and hence the mid-life crisis). But as long as we have life - we have time. So this year, if you resolve to do anything, resolve to live.
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