Wednesday, January 1, 2020

New Year's Resolution

Hip hip hooray...it is New Year's Day, and here you are celebrating the changing of a decade with the divinely celestial Sydney Claire :)

I wonder how many of my faithful readers made the obligatory New Year's resolution. Did you? It seems to me as if there are recurring themes to the annual promises. Such as, health, wealth, or happiness. Does that sound about spot on to you?

I myself, made no resolutions. Resolutions tend to be exhaustively huge life changes, which are statistically bound for failure, unless you are one of the scant few who actually successfully holds up your end. Have you made resolutions which failed? If so, why do you believe that they bombed?


In my opinion, people tend to reach entirely too high and too fast when making resolutions. They place unrealistic expectations upon themselves, and that leads to failure, which creates self-directed unhappiness, depression, and even anger. People in general would benefit more from making more easily attainable short term resolutions.

Example 1
*Say you want to lose 50lbs. Well than, instead of saying "I am going to lose 50lbs this year", begin small by vowing to

-cut back on eating out
or
-fast 1 day per week
or
-drink an additional 8oz of water daily

Any one of these alterations may very well enable you to lose 1lb per week. Add that up, and voila bb!!

Do you see the point I am directing you towards? If you keep the step short, you are far more likely to climb it!

Example 2
*You want to save up money for a luxury item

-cut back on eating out
or
-fast 1 day per week
or
-drink water instead of coffee and soda

Now take the money you would have spent on these items, and piggy bank it til you have enough to treat yourself to the desired item :)

I honestly want to see people succeed, but to do so, we must first acknowledge that we are the ones preventing it from happening, and actively seek to help ourselves reach the goals we set. It feels so good to achieve positive changes in our lives, and we all know that there is a strong correlation between positivity and happiness, which is the ultimate goal, yes? It definitely is for me. 

Wishing you all success and happiness in this coming year!


 

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