Why I Didn’t Make A New Year’s Resolution.

Eat healthier, eat less, lose weight, give up chocolate, save money, don’t watch as much tv, be nicer to siblings, make your bed. Yes, the month of January, a month of making new year’s resolutions and a month to watch them fade into oblivion.

I have tried and tested many new year’s resolutions over the years, havn’t stuck to them and have made the same ones, and some, the following year. I am not going to say i “failed” the goals i set, because the matter of the fact is, i simply did not even try. In all honesty I like food, especially chocolate, I don’t want to go on a vigorous cruel weight loss plan, I relax when i watch TV, sometimes my brother annoys me and my bed will just get messy again anyway. Some things are just part of the way I live and although they may be considered  “vices” i don’t care. What’s more I have stopped making new year’s resolutions just for the sake of it.

I can understand the attraction of reflecting on the the year before, making changes and striving for a better new year. If you have genuinly taken time to think about your life and have decided that 2009 is the year you really want to do or achieve something, then good for you. I am not going to knock this so long as it is what you want personally and try hard to make it happen.What I am going to do, however, is state my aversion to those people who on January 1st go “oh yeah i’m not going to eat any chocolate this year” and yes this was exactly what I used to do.

Why would you suddenly decided, because it is January 1st to give up chocolate just for the sake of it. If you have chronic weight conditions, or want to improve your health and will stick to this resolution then fantastic. However, I simply made something up so I had a resolution and this attitude is exactly what annoys me.

I am not saying I have all the answers and therefore don’t have to make changes to my life. The way I live is far from perfect. However, I try to make changes as i go along if I am unsatisfied. You will not find me waiting until January 1st to implement my life changes. There, said with no apology. I do not make new year’s resolutions. I can understand how January can give people the kick start into action they need, but I personally believe thought and dedication is what is needed to improve your life. It doesn’t make sense to make hasty decisions or erratic actions simply to fit with the resolution “trend” if you like.

If like me you have made resolutions which you simply have not stuck to over the years and have found yourself making the same new year resolutions year upon year, knowing they are not going to change anything, it may be time to rethink why you make them. Try to establish if there is anything you really want to change and if there isn’t anything inparticular, or practically possible then don’t fret. Don’t forget you have the whole year ahead of you to make changes.

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