No New Year’s Resolutions

Everyone that I know has either been quick to share what their resolutions or ask what other’s are for the new ear. I actually don’t make New Year’s resolutions anymore I actually haven’t made any for the last few years.

I know that the new year is often a time to look back over things that we are doing in our lives and see where we need to make improvements over where we are now. Now I don’t think that my life is perfect, far from it but we don’t have to wait until one time of the year to set out a roadmap for ourselves. Granted now is a time that most people sign up for gym memberships and when I used to work in the dairy section of the grocery store we always made sure that we ordered a ton of yogurt since most people make resolutions to eat better and get in shape but I don’t know that we as Americans really evaluate ourselves throughout the course of the year. There is nothing wrong with taking inventory of where we are at any time.

I have been in my new job for a little over 4 months now. I try to evaluate myself once a month to see how I am doing (I don’t always get it done and I do it because I have some self esteem issues) and each month I have found that I need to be more direct and purposeful. I continue to work on it but it is still a work in progress, if had waited until the beginning of the year to make a change then I probably would have gotten sent back to being a rep in the call center.

Much of my life I have been feeling like I need to keep my head above water but about a month ago I decided that I need to make some changes to what I am doing. To be more outgoing, to be bolder and try to feel more complete as an individual, to continue to try and find the humor in all situations, this is something I plan on working on every day not waiting until the beginning of a year.

There is nothing wrong with being gung ho about making changes but we all didn’t become who we are in a week or a month so small changes are something we should commit to. Changes that are too drastic for anyone are likely to end in failure. So if you are looking to eat more healthy don’t force yourself to eat only healthy stuff with no wiggle room as most will sicken of a complete overhaul of the diet and will usually abandon it with most no intention of looking back. If you instead start to include healthy foods in slowly and slowly move the less healthy choices you are more likely to stay with it. Those who plan to get in shape will work out too hard to start things off and once the soreness sets in they decide the pain is too much and revert back to being couch potatoes. Instead mild workouts that slowly increase in intensity over time are more likely to keep you engaged and coming back for more.

Remember, slow and steady wins the race.

Later peeps…..