I don’t think I’ve ever seriously made a single New Years Resolution. Yeah I made up some when pressed by my friends, but it was just something off the top of my head, not anything I meant.<\/p>\n
I’ve never quite gotten the point of New Years Resolutions.<\/p>\n
If something is important, why not just do it once you have decided it is important?<\/p>\n
Mind you, this doesn’t always work either–I think I threw dozens of cigarette packs out the car window in the years I was trying to quit. But when I finally quit it was in July (1997, so it’s been 11 1\/2 years), far from the time of Resolutions. (For those who are interested, going back on anti-depressants was the little extra push I needed to quit, to tone down my anxiety.)<\/p>\n
I started regularly going to the gym during autumn (seven years ago I think).<\/p>\n
Over the past several years I have slowly added more organic, healthy, and whole grain foods into my diet.<\/p>\n
None of these things were resolutions. All that happened was that I realized I needed to make a change in my life and did it. Doesn’t mean it was easy, it doesn’t mean that tricks don’t hurt (an exercise partner is first and foremost a most useful trick). <\/p>\n
Saying you’re doing something and telling others also helps–the knowledge that someone might ask you how things are going is a good impetus for keeping things going.<\/p>\n
Yes, things don’t always work. I’ve been trying for years to get a regular writing schedule, but other than writing here (on my weblog), I’ve never been able to keep a regular writing schedule for more than a month and a half. But I think overall I have a pretty good success rate–at least for the important stuff.<\/p>\n
So consider resolving not to make any resolutions this year. If nothing else, you’ll be able to enjoy January without any extra guilt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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