New year resolutions.[Photo/the-star.co.ke]
New year, new me! It’s that time of the year where millions of people get an epiphany that they need to change something about their livelihoods. They take out a pen and paper and come up with a foolproof plan to making the New Year better. Unfortunately, it is all a façade.
You won’t stick to them. Let’s face it, a couple of goal-oriented chaps will enroll for the gym, shed carbs, go off social media, decide to lose a few friends and the likes. These resolutions will quickly disappear once you’re asked to link up for drinks. Sad!
Some are costly and it’s dry January.New Year, new clothes, new phone, job, car, dream house.How about you make some money first then make the necessary changes!
A decision is better than a resolution. It’s a facade; you’re still the same person. Instead of making the resolutions, make deliberate decisions. Decide to adopt a good habit and work yourself into a better person. That way, you’ll see they’ll be no need to jot down unachievable resolutions.
You can’t map out a whole year in one day. You absolutely can’t! Every day you wake up to new possibilities and opportunities. This is something you could have never seen when you made your list. You might land a job that requires you to travel as opposed to the resolve to spend more time with the family.
They are made in the heat of the moment. Isn’t this truth! They are never made after a lot of self-deliberation. If you must make them, be cool about it and make them with lots of logic. Remember to key in reality otherwise, they will be just but wishes.
Learn from 2017. Change your attitude. Not everything that happened last year was bad. You should build on the previous year’s failures and get yourself to the next level. Learn, get up and move on.