Ahh . . . . it is that time of year again when some begin to reflect on the year that has passed and some begin to set goals and make resolutions for the next year. What are you reflecting upon in the year that has past? Do you have a lot of happy moments? My look back at the past is going to include my Goodie Jar and I am so excited to be reminded of the good things I wrote down. That will be my reflection on the past year. I don’t set resolutions by tradition. I know for some that is a big thing. Do you think it is a bit thing? Do you set resolutions? How do you do that? Do you write them down? Do you proclaim them to your world? How does that work? Do they have requirements? Are they only resolutions when you set them at the beginning of the year, but if you set them at say . . . the end of February do they just become goals? I guess I was never clear on that.
Then, if you set them are you clear about them or are they “loose” as in: I’m going to exercise more in 2014? That could possibly give you a lot of leeway, right? If you exercised once a month in the past year, exercising twice in one month would be “more”? I guess there is so much joking that goes around about resolutions that I don’t like to get caught up in them. But they can be a really good thing if you set them with definition and actually work to see them through.
The jokes are often about gyms being full in January and going back to “normal” about the beginning of February or mid-February at the latest. People get busy and the “newness” of the year tapers off. So the resolutions take a back burner. And it always seems that the resolutions are about “losing weight” and “getting into shape”. But, again, often times those are the resolutions made . . . non-specific . . . open . . . room for leeway.
Of course, anything can be a resolution I just happen to pick upon one of the most joked about. But many people make resolutions about many things. I realize though, that if I don’t really want to do it, if I think I SHOULD do it, because I know it is good for me, I know it is the “right” thing to do, if I don’t WANT to do it, I’m not going to. So sometimes it is good to make resolutions that you want to do even though they might be tough for you. It doesn’t really work to make ones you think you should do, but don’t want to. That kinda is a set up for failure.
So . . . educate me on resolutions. Share your thoughts. What is your take on resolutions? Do you make them? Do you make them with specifics? Do you give yourself a time frame? What resolutions are you making this year? Do you set goals and just not call them resolutions? What is the difference?
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