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New Year To Start Anew — Or Not
It’s okay not to change anything with the new year.
Today is the day after yesterday and the day before tomorrow. It also just so happens to be the first day of a new year according to the Gregorian Calendar.
One of the enduring ideas of the new year is to make some sort of resolution. A quick search showed that New Year’s Resolutions date back thousands of years.
What exactly is a resolution? A resolution is defined as an adamant decision to do or not do something. Hence, with the new year, people resolve to do things they’ve longed to do for a while like quit smoking, stop eating sugar, go to the gym, journal daily, quit swearing, stand up hourly during work, and on and on.
Personally, I find resolutions impotent. Why? Because you can resolve all day long to do anything and everything you can think of. But that’s not the same as taking action. This blog began due to my first New Year’s Action, in 2012, to write a weekly blog post — thirteen years and counting.
The new year represents a shift, a reinterpretation of time featuring a restart. Lots of people like to use this as the impetus to change and start anew. That’s why New Year’s Resolutions are so pervasive.
