That's my new years resolution.
I'm a classic case of "drop the resolution right away fever" or whatever the kids are calling it these days. "Eat healthy" always turns into "Eat a salad with a couple meals a week and starve yourself when it doesn't work." "Do more homework" turns into "Stare at the book for a little while and say you tried." "Work out more often" turns into "Pretend to lift, using Cheetos as weights." Vague, because-it's-the-new-year goals don't work.
It's not like I don't go after my goals, I just need proper motivation. "It's a new year" isn't enough. Oh, hooray, our planet hurtled past an arbitrarily defined point relative to a massive flaming ball of nuclear fusion at several hundred thousand miles per hour, I guess that means I should have a beach body. Uhhhhh
I think it's time for a different approach.
We make resolutions because we want to make ourselves better. We want to make our lives better. Our world, our relationships, our jobs...
Why not just resolve to have a better year?
That could mean working out. It could mean having more fun. It could mean being more kind in the morning. It could mean making new friends. It could mean mending a relationship with a long lost friend. If we approach every situation thinking, "How can I make me/this/you/life/today better?" we can have a positive influence on our own lives, and on the lives of everybody around us.
And at the end of this year, I'll look back and think, "Wow. That was the best year of my life...
Let's do it again."
Happy New Year! I hope it's going to be the best year of your life (so far), too.
