Typically, in January people talk about the new year resolutions that they have made and try to push or strive to live or achieve it. Over the years, people have equated new year resolutions with a change in lifestyle:
* I will eat better... reduce or totally skip junk food
* I will exercise more and lose weight
* I will change for the better, so something differently bla bla
* I will quit smoking, I will go to the gym etc The list is endless. No wonder it is dying a natural death because such resolutions seem to fade or wane in weeks and people are tired of failing and disappointing themselves each year but that is not the gist of this piece. I have noticed that people are no longer announcing their new year resolutions and it can only mean that either people are not making new year resolutions anymore or it is no longer a January affair.
It may also mean that people are a lot more concerned with survival in the face of the global depression to worry about little things like new year resolutions. In my opinion, people should make the decision to be better, to contribute more to the society or community at any point in their life when the conviction hit them and not just at the end of the year. I believe that year end has a natural way of getting us to review and take stock of our lives which is usually why resolutions seem to be the natural end of the review process. But in present times, the magnitude of social and economic change in the world affords no one time to wait to make necessary adjustment for survival. In the past, change in business and social life was incremental and people could even operate on autopilot but not any more.
Consequently, we find ourselves in a time starved and extremely overstressed society today that daily review is probably what is required of us. Undoubtedly, there are new rules in the game of life and the way understand and play by these rules determines where we end up...winner or loser. Imagine then waiting for year end to make resolutions or decisions that are critical for you to survive...
All said, taking inventory of our lives is important, if you can only do it at year end... somethings may be late but it is a start...you are better than the man who does nothing but alas it is not enough. We need to constantly ask ourselves what we can do differently and how we can help others along the way and not wait for year end and the next January.
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Welcome back blogger.
New year resolutions are no longer in, because more often than not, people never keep them
I think we need to constantly reassess our lives and take decisions at various times but not necessarily at the end of the year because once the euphoria of christmas wears out, we are back to our old ways.
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