New Year Resolutions - Love Them or Leave Them?
Jenera recently asked if you are the kind of person to make NY resolutions or not. She mentions that she doesn’t think she has ever made an official resolution and that she has the general goal of being ‘fit and fabulous’ come (northern hemisphere) summer.
I got to thinking about my life and resolutions. Yes, it’s true I’ve made some more-or-less ‘official’ resolutions, but not anything all that spectacular. Not anything I can really remember, either.
I don’t like making ultra-specific resolutions because I feel that’s setting myself up for failure. My life doesn’t run just according to me and outside influences happen.
Like, I’d love to say, “I want to lose fifty pounds in 2009”. Sounds good, but it might not happen because I have other hormonal/body factors that keep me from losing weight like I should. (That’s the general consensus at the moment.)
But who knows? Maybe I’ll win the lottery and get some liposuction to get me started. Or maybe they’ll figure out what part of me is being so stubborn and fix/help it and the pounds will come off like they should. Those sort of things are a bit out of my control so I don’t want to set the specific goal.
My goals are general ones, and thus I call them goals instead of resolutions. I’d like to lose as much weight as I healthily can. I want to lower my cholesterol. I want exercise to become an even more regular part of my life. I want to ovulate on my own.
So, in the end, I’m more of a ‘leave them’ person when it comes to resolutions. They usually just end up making people feel guilty.
How about you?
December 25th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
I think this coming year I’m going to concentrate on what I can do. For instance, I can’t control how much weight I lose, but I can control my eating and activity levels. So my goals will be action orientated, not result-orientated.
Good luck!
December 28th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
That is an excellent way to look at it.
I think I’ll follow your lead with this one.
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