It’s the tradition to start the year with a handful of New
Year’s resolutions that we all know few if any will ever be carried out. Think
about it, if I had delivered on all the times I promised to quit smoking (long
before I really did some 15+ years ago), if I actually lost all the weight I
promised to lose over the years or if I exercised as much as I promised I would
either be dead from exhaustion or the healthiest man on the planet.
Don’t get me wrong, I applaud all that can keep their
resolutions and actually see them through, both of you. Perhaps it’s what we
are trying to accomplish with our resolutions that is the issue. Rather than
attempting to reinvent ourselves, what if we just made some ‘minor’ adjustments
that will change the way we look at everything.
Here are a couple of examples. Unless absolutely necessary,
don’t watch the late night news. Why go to bed thinking of all the bad things
going on in the world. Trust me, they will still be there in the morning but
you will likely sleep better and have a different approach to the new day.
How about changing the last six cups of coffee in the day to
decaf (the horror)? Trust me, the first six cups of regular coffee you had will
keep you going. Maybe you find yourself a little less on edge and a bit more
patient about things in general.
What about parking in the next row out from your destination
or stairs instead of the elevator? A few extra steps each day can be a very
healthy thing. It may not be as healthy as a walk everyday or an hour at the
gym but you will feel that you started something.
Sometimes I think we have this all or nothing mentality. That’s
all well and good but resolutions, like so many things in life, don’t have to
be all or nothing. We can “compromise” and take some smaller steps first in
order to accomplish the larger goal. Sometimes it’s simply a better attitude, or
another prospective or taking the first step toward a larger goal.
Just something to think about as we launch ourselves into
the New Year.
More later… in 2013
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