
By the end of six months only about half of that 45 percent
will have maintained the resolution(s) they made. Oops. How can we be so
committed to something on January 1 and abandon it by June 30? Research cites a
number of reasons. Our resolutions may be too lofty or unrealistic, we give up
too easily, we have no game plan, we choose to view things from the wrong
perspective or maybe we don’t really believe in ourselves enough to make it
happen. Or maybe we are making those resolutions for the wrong reasons. Are we
making resolutions because everyone around us is making them? Do we somehow
feel obligated? If we don’t make them will people think we aren’t motivated to
do better? Bah humbug, I say! And why do we have to make them at the beginning
of the year? How about we make them any time we need them?
This year, rather than making resolutions, I’m going in a
different direction. Why? Because of
this quote:
“I hope that
in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes,
then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing
yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve
never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing something.” (Neil Gaiman)
Seems to me
making mistakes will be a lot easier than keeping resolutions; not to mention
how much I stand to learn. And who knows where that will take me? It sure gives
you something to think about.
Posted by MJ Thomas