New Year Resolutions are Clichèd, Really?
"New year resolutions are overrated. No one ever sticks to it." We have all heard that, said that. But on this 364th day of 2015 I'm reconsidering it. Can grim resolutions become hackneyed? Can a desire to begin a year or another month consuming less carbs or splurging on more reading time become a boring affair?
As a child I would always wait for the first of every year to begin a dead routine or take a strong new decision. I would not read the Bible October through December only to begin anew the next year. I would allow myself the luxury of waking up late, only to wake up at 6 to the clanger of an alarm from the first of the next year. I'm just left wondering when this joy of anticipation and new beginnings became an intellectual mistake. I'm wondering when and how I got swallowed up in the process of growing up.
As beautiful as they sound, fresh starts are always feel-good factors. The excitement and anxiety gush are what kindle the need to begin fresh. A new habit, a new hobby, chiseling character, it could be anything that awaits a new touch. "New" will never stop being exciting. It is the unexplored, the unknown, the less familiar, and it sparks joy.
As I await an exciting start to a new year my resolutions are six pointers long. I've put to death the boring no-resolution attitude and have decided to embrace juvenile thrills. You cannot trick yourself into becoming a new-year-resolution non-believer. You may fail in your decisions, you may succeed. But always remember that chances are all yours. Failure can come in July or September or November or all year long. but there will always be a January first. There will always be second chances. Till then it's alright to allow yourself the guilty pleasure of breaking a resolution(s).
After all, fresh starts and "no-more-junk-food" resolutions have never never stopped giving us happy highs.
What are the resolutions for 2016 you wish to break?
As a child I would always wait for the first of every year to begin a dead routine or take a strong new decision. I would not read the Bible October through December only to begin anew the next year. I would allow myself the luxury of waking up late, only to wake up at 6 to the clanger of an alarm from the first of the next year. I'm just left wondering when this joy of anticipation and new beginnings became an intellectual mistake. I'm wondering when and how I got swallowed up in the process of growing up.
As beautiful as they sound, fresh starts are always feel-good factors. The excitement and anxiety gush are what kindle the need to begin fresh. A new habit, a new hobby, chiseling character, it could be anything that awaits a new touch. "New" will never stop being exciting. It is the unexplored, the unknown, the less familiar, and it sparks joy.
As I await an exciting start to a new year my resolutions are six pointers long. I've put to death the boring no-resolution attitude and have decided to embrace juvenile thrills. You cannot trick yourself into becoming a new-year-resolution non-believer. You may fail in your decisions, you may succeed. But always remember that chances are all yours. Failure can come in July or September or November or all year long. but there will always be a January first. There will always be second chances. Till then it's alright to allow yourself the guilty pleasure of breaking a resolution(s).
After all, fresh starts and "no-more-junk-food" resolutions have never never stopped giving us happy highs.
What are the resolutions for 2016 you wish to break?
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