Alright, as far as I'm concerned, "New Years Resolutions" are ridiculous. I understand that the premise behind them is to set a new group of goals for a new year. The reality is we should be setting goals for ourselves whenever we feel something about our life needs to change. Most of the time, people end up with the same NEW year's resolutions every year, because they didn't achieve what they set out to do at the start of the past year.
My latest goal for how I want to live my life is to not take it too seriously. Now obviously, there are certain things in life that need to be taken seriously. Applying yourself in school, chores, commitments. What I'm talking about is looking at everyday without worrying what people will think, and just making sure to have fun! Positive fun, not fun that's in bad taste, of course. It isn't funny to phone in a fake rape case, as happened in my dorm around 1am today. No, that's criminal.
For whatever reason, ever since middle school, I have not been able to truly enjoy life. I feel as though I've just been coasting along, getting older, but not getting any more out of life. I've found a reason to change my outlook. Sometimes all it takes is one person to inspire you, and you'll be hearing more about this person in a day or two.
Now, I challenge myself to get out of the box! I need to challenge myself to laugh louder, smile wider, and breathe deeper.
My question to anyone who reads this is do you have any advice for making life a more enjoyable experience? Feel free to say whatever comes to mind, all it takes is one person to inspire!!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
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First off:
ReplyDelete"It isn't funny to phone in a fake rape case, as happened in my dorm around 1am today. No, that's criminal."
Haha I would have to disagree and say it is rather funny hahah
Secondly:
"The reality is we should be setting goals for ourselves whenever we feel something about our life needs to change"
Yeah, that would be great if everyone had the willpower to get the fuck off their asses put in extra hours at work, stay with strict diets, and be a nicer person, but realistically, most people don't have the required self discipline. New Year's Resolutions are a way to motivate people. Maybe if they did it biannually then it would be more effective, but either way, without it, I bet people wouldn't be as apt to want to change.
You make some good points, buttt I would argue any initial motivation people have due to new year's resolutions quickly goes away. I heard a statistic recently that stated more than 50% of people give up on their resolutions by the end of January. If that's the case, then their planned resolutions need to be modified because it's obvious to me they don't really care about achieving the goals they set a few weeks earlier.
ReplyDeleteI suppose it isn't realistic and rather idealistic to expect people to constantly be looking at ways they can improve their lives. The goal of this post was simply to point out that people should consider taking a look at their lives on at least a monthy basis.