Are we afraid we won't follow through with resolutions, or do we just not care to change? Are we just too comfortable settling for who we are, and so we just avoid making decisions to make ourselves better?
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I stopped making resolutions because every day is new - I don't need a new number at the end of the date to declare that I need to change something. I do set goals for my age, though: "before I turn 28..." etc. But I don't think there's anything wrong with resolutions!!
So you just don't tie resolutions to the calendar year, but to your age... that makes sense.
I make resolutions myself, I just try to avoid starting them on January 1 to avoid the stereotype of making and breaking resolutions.
I do appreciate New Years like I appreciate Christmas - it's an annual reminder.... No, we don't need a federal holiday to remember Christ's birth, but we still celebrate it especially on that one day.
Today is a good opportunity for me to think about where I want to be in a year - and more importantly - who I want to be in a year.
I'm not sure I ever made resolutions -- mostly because I'm goal-averse. But I really started being anti-New Year's Resolutions when I belonged to a gym and realized that in January, you can't find a parking space, you can't get a spot in your favorite class, and all the "good" lockers are taken because of all the New Year's Resolutioners. I hate them.
I'd rather just "do" than "resolve", you know?
Oh, and for that big empty box at the top, just write a little about yourself :)
@antof9 - I know what you mean about the gym... I am there every month out of the year, but the first week of January is the worst!
Better to "do" than "resolve" - I guess we've separated the two, so you can "resolve" without doing.
I guess I personally take resolutions not as a "I will do 100% from now on!" But more of a self-assessment and direction-setting... looking at what kind of person I want to be, and starting in that direction