Setting resolutions on the first day of the year is too much pressure. I decided to wait until the third and looked at my horoscope for inspiration. I’m not sure it was all that inspiring. It said, “Don’t lose sight of your goal.”
I don’t have a goal. I planned to have a goal. Actually, I originally had planned for several goals or goal-ettes as I like to call them. Perhaps they were more like casual thoughts.
It’s a big year this year – not just a new year, but a new decade. And it has such lovely round numbers. 2020. This is what is causing the problem.
Last year I tacked many resolutions – each for just a week. While each one was something that would improve me, none was life-changing.
Not that resolutions have to be life-changing, but…it’s 2020. This is a big one. It seems to be calling for something big. It’s causing me to reexamine my life. It’s causing me to think about who I am and what I have to offer. It’s causing me to drive myself nuts.
Who started resolutions anyway? I’m not going to spend time investigating, because the reality is, that being better – doing more or less or better or …. Makes me thinner, or healthier, or kinder, or richer or…. Who wouldn’t want to do that?
The good news is that it’s only January 3. While we can all agree that resolving is good, I don’t think everyone will agree that we need to all resolve on the first day of the first month of the new year (or new decade).
So, for now, suffice it to say that my resolution is to reflect. I’ll work on that for a month and then move to act.
