Resolutions.
It is with mixed feelings that I contemplate the start of this brand new year. It is foremost with hope that an end to the current Covid pandemic will prevail, and to that end when thinking about possible New Year’s Resolutions, the first is focused on how best to rigorously employ medical advice about not spreading the virus. We live in a multicultural society but when it comes to survival each of us as an individual can play a vital part at protecting the future of the population.
It is interesting to note that it was 4000 years ago when it is thought that celebrating the start of the new year took place. It is believed that the Babylonians started this timely trend, only their new year was not held on the 1st of January, but the middle of March, as this was when new crops were being planted. It was felt to be a good time to make a personal promise that might improve themselves or how they interacted with other people, and from this point of self reflection and proactive change that a form of New Years Resolution tradition began.
Often is not just thinking of what to choose for a New Year’s Resolution, but how much resolve one has to actually achieve the goal. Do not be put off by statistics, as although fifty percent of many people at the beginning of making a resolution believe they will succeed, the actual success rate is very low. However some resolutions are easier to implement than others and ultimately how applicable, practical and beneficial the process is can be totally up to you.
Making a New Year’s Resolution can be a specific opportunity, triggered at a time of the year whereby there is the most scope for a fresh perspective and possibility. One can take stock of how life is being lived, so taking time to think about the past in a constructive way can only be a spur to doing something about it.
It is interesting to note that it was 4000 years ago when it is thought that celebrating the start of the new year took place. It is believed that the Babylonians started this timely trend, only their new year was not held on the 1st of January, but the middle of March, as this was when new crops were being planted. It was felt to be a good time to make a personal promise that might improve themselves or how they interacted with other people, and from this point of self reflection and proactive change that a form of New Years Resolution tradition began.
Often is not just thinking of what to choose for a New Year’s Resolution, but how much resolve one has to actually achieve the goal. Do not be put off by statistics, as although fifty percent of many people at the beginning of making a resolution believe they will succeed, the actual success rate is very low. However some resolutions are easier to implement than others and ultimately how applicable, practical and beneficial the process is can be totally up to you.
Making a New Year’s Resolution can be a specific opportunity, triggered at a time of the year whereby there is the most scope for a fresh perspective and possibility. One can take stock of how life is being lived, so taking time to think about the past in a constructive way can only be a spur to doing something about it.
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