No more resolutions!!!

So what's the deal with new year's resolutions. For many years now I have found myself disappointed at the end of the year, with a list of unaccomplished resolutions in hand, and at the beginning of the year I simply copy and paste from the previous year hoping that this time I will have the discipline to exercise everyday, that I will remember to drink 8 glasses of water daily, that I will make time to read a book a month, and that maybe this time I'll enroll for that french class I have always wanted to take... Well, I still don't speak any french, the only time I exercise is when I do taebo three times a month -and when I walk to classes and back, and I only got to read about five books in 2010.

So, what's the deal with new year's resolutions and not being accomplished. It's as if there's an unwritten law that if you write it down you will not do it, or is it simply that we tend to be a bit unrealistic when we set goals and cross that fine line between goals and dreams.

I mean, what made me think that I - with a bladder like mine - would even want to drink eight glasses of water a day, unless if I wanted to go to the toilet eight times a day too... And, who would, with a schedule like mine - having to juggle school, church activities and other extra-mural activities - have time to fit in french classes as well.

In addition to all this, its not like when the new year begins you can simply erase the past at the click of a button, which makes it extremely difficult to start over and embark on a new journey, unless, of course, if you are lucky enough to be handed a brand new life on 1st January.

So this year, I decided to leave new year's resolutions alone. Instead, I will take my life one month at a time, so that I don't have to wait until December to realise that I don't know a word of french. This will allow me to take stock of my life every month and make the necessary adjustments in order to achieve the goals that I have set for the month...
And, I certainly do not suggest that this is the approach that everyone should take in setting goals for their lives, because everyone has a different life and should therefore have their own way of putting their life in order and that's exactly why the new year's resolutions thing doesn't work for most people, because evaluating one's life every 12 months is simply silly.

So goodbye 2010, goodbye new year's resolutions, and hello 2011 hello accomplished monthly goals