By Ale Ibarra Posted December 20, 2016
Making New Year’s resolutions can be an exciting thing to do right? Wrong. If making changes should be done at any time, it should be done in the moment or ASAP. That’s if you actually feel that those changes are necessary. Your words of wanting to accomplish something should result in an action of some sort. Maybe not all at once, but you can start somewhere.
Typically, resolutions tend to be dramatic ones or ones that would take too long to achieve. Putting a stamp on a year-long resolution can be either stressful or unattainable after a while. Maybe you want to lose 50 pounds, get a better job, or completely change your lifestyle. However, losing 50 pounds will not happen in two weeks. Not even in a month. Maybe the life you have is all about school and stressing about grades. Some changes to make then, are to balance things out. Focus on some passions you haven’t focused on in a while.
But if they’re unrealistic things that can’t be achieved with your position in life right now, it’s pointless. You might get a reality check and realize, in time, that you have more important things to worry about. Like, paying bills and buying things that you need.
Either way, these unrealistic resolutions have to stop. Sure, you can have big dreams and have goals of possibly going to an Ivy League University. But that’s something you can achieve only with consistency and a variety of routines. Most of the time, these goals are forgotten by the end of January. Why? There’s no commitment.
There are also times when we make resolutions, we base them on what we should do and not what we have to do. The number one resolution people think they “should” have, is to lose weight. Really, what they have to be doing is spending time with their kids or family. Starting at the root of the problem can be a major help.
Life is all about enjoying what you have and making good choices that benefit yourself and possibly, others. So, why not skip the “goals” and go straight into “action”? If you’re confident about doing something, do it in the moment.
You want your summer body? Do your squats and run more. You want better grades? Ask questions and study more. You’ve had 364 great decision-making days before. Don’t wait until the last second of the year to make changes you should have made long before it was even considered a New Year’s resolution.
