New Year’s Resolutions? Don’t bother.
Every year it’s the same stupid thing; endless articles about making resolutions for the new year, pro and con, do you? Should you? New Year’s Resolutions Top Ten! Every year it’s a hot topic, only now we call it trending.
Spare me.
And I’m not the sort who makes a non-resolution resolution as a New Year’s resolution either. Instead, I… you know, just live my life. Like for so many of us, New Year ’s Eve is a work day and that morning we get up and go to work. It’s part of my annual routine; go to work then come home, listen for the sound of fireworks and gunfire at midnight, Happy New Year! Then go to bed, I have work tomorrow.
New Year resolutions, what a waste of time. I have books on my shelf to read; when I finish one, I start the next one. I know I need to exercise regularly, I do and when life gets hectic, not so much. This is just how life is; when you need to make a change, you make it or you don’t. And life changes all the time, I can’t wait for January 1st to decide I need to do something different or better, come on.
My friends who make these resolutions are not happy people; they are so guilt ridden, one always feels like a failure when her New Year’s Resolutions fade into the sunset, whether by January 3rd or two months later. It’s great to have goals, but none of them ever seem quite ready when the boom drops along with the ball at the stroke of midnight. All of them, all of them, look so sad; no more cookies, no more sleeping in, I have to get up and go to the gym. Happy New Year!
Ridiculous.
Want to make a change in your life? Make it, quit screwing around and either give it a shot or forget it and move on. Life is too short to be intimidated by a ridiculous societal expectation of making a New Year’s Resolution so you can feel anxiety, stress, and pity and judgment from either significant others or people whose opinions you really shouldn’t give a flying crap about anyway. The only opinion you should give any time and attention to is your own, yes?
So enjoy this New Year of 2014. May it bring you happiness, joy and success and whatever else you want from it. If you have a goal, state your intention and whatever it is, whatever the date is, go for it. Gonna’ eat a cookie? Enjoy it for god’s sake, what if it’s the last cookie you ever eat? Do you want to spend your last minutes kicking yourself, “I feel so crappy for eating that… there goes my resolution to lose weight!” Life is temporary so live this moment right now, pursue a goal, or don’t, right now, be here, right now.
I guess it’s just me, but when midnight approaches on New Year’s Eve, any New Year’s Eve, the only thing I want to be doing is making out. Now that’s an enjoyable way to ring in the New Year.
Spare me.
And I’m not the sort who makes a non-resolution resolution as a New Year’s resolution either. Instead, I… you know, just live my life. Like for so many of us, New Year ’s Eve is a work day and that morning we get up and go to work. It’s part of my annual routine; go to work then come home, listen for the sound of fireworks and gunfire at midnight, Happy New Year! Then go to bed, I have work tomorrow.
New Year resolutions, what a waste of time. I have books on my shelf to read; when I finish one, I start the next one. I know I need to exercise regularly, I do and when life gets hectic, not so much. This is just how life is; when you need to make a change, you make it or you don’t. And life changes all the time, I can’t wait for January 1st to decide I need to do something different or better, come on.
My friends who make these resolutions are not happy people; they are so guilt ridden, one always feels like a failure when her New Year’s Resolutions fade into the sunset, whether by January 3rd or two months later. It’s great to have goals, but none of them ever seem quite ready when the boom drops along with the ball at the stroke of midnight. All of them, all of them, look so sad; no more cookies, no more sleeping in, I have to get up and go to the gym. Happy New Year!
Ridiculous.
Want to make a change in your life? Make it, quit screwing around and either give it a shot or forget it and move on. Life is too short to be intimidated by a ridiculous societal expectation of making a New Year’s Resolution so you can feel anxiety, stress, and pity and judgment from either significant others or people whose opinions you really shouldn’t give a flying crap about anyway. The only opinion you should give any time and attention to is your own, yes?
So enjoy this New Year of 2014. May it bring you happiness, joy and success and whatever else you want from it. If you have a goal, state your intention and whatever it is, whatever the date is, go for it. Gonna’ eat a cookie? Enjoy it for god’s sake, what if it’s the last cookie you ever eat? Do you want to spend your last minutes kicking yourself, “I feel so crappy for eating that… there goes my resolution to lose weight!” Life is temporary so live this moment right now, pursue a goal, or don’t, right now, be here, right now.
I guess it’s just me, but when midnight approaches on New Year’s Eve, any New Year’s Eve, the only thing I want to be doing is making out. Now that’s an enjoyable way to ring in the New Year.
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