It is 2015, a new year and almost everyone in the
world is psyched about what lies ahead. Some are just happy that it’s yet
another year with opportunities to explore and better chance to make up for
lost time in 2014. At the peak of high celebrations was the making of New Year
resolutions; Plans or long term expectations to be achieved during the course
of the year. The tradition of making these resolutions can be traced to as
early as after the Great Depression when adults then started making plans to
recover from the big financial flop.
While a good number of people go to a great extent
of making clearer blue prints of what is intended to be achieved and actually
go through with those plans, another greater majority is just lost in the
frenzy of the moment. Excitement coupled with starting a new life phase keeps
one so entrenched in living a blissful moment. A glimpse to hold on to before
the spurge of obligations and responsibility of real life floods back. We are
almost through with January; resolutions are already out the window as we’ve more
or less resolved to waiting for next year. Come to think of it, the reasons why
most people’s plans don’t come through may be attributed to the fact that New
Year resolution bars are set too high, without putting to place clear mechanism
of achieving them, and a recurring tendency of not accomplishing previous
resolutions.
Money and habitual addictions is almost always at
the center of it all making a list of the most broken New Year resolutions: stop
spending and save, make more money, quit smoking/drinking, getting fit, eat
better, donate to charity or do more volunteer work etc. Truth be told, the
human mind is not that strong especially when it comes to doing away with
things that make us comfortable. Once you fall off the wagon in accomplishing
your plans, there might be no going back!
There is never any pressure on living up to the self-placed
expectation because there is always a new day to make things right. So like new
year resolutions, whatever world culture will arise in the future, the goal is
to live in the moment, plan for the future as you wait for tomorrow. Do not
worry about not achieving your set goals in January. You have long year ahead
with many more chances to live the life
you deserve. That’s the thing about resolutions!
