Chowrangi

This year make and act instantly upon just a single new year resolution and that is to not make any resolution this year. I have always found this annual ritual of new year resolution hatching funny and fragile. This single act of annually making a resolution list renders the whole exercise fruitless and superficial.

Resolutions of growth, change and improvement aren’t an annual event. They are something you should be doing every day of your life. They are a way of thinking about the life as it should be. The road of growth and success is a rough and difficult one. You can go down it, but it inevitably will mean a lot of initial scrapes and bruises as you learn. Work hard and aim for incremental improvements. Plan out your road map to success and take time to prepare for mental obstacles.

In my humble opinion, the making of annual resolution is just a self deception. It is a temporary way to mask the obstacles in the way to achieve a goal. Majority of your obstacles don’t exist in the world, they exist in your mind. But what do people inevitably plan for? The real world obstacles! They completely ignore all the mental ones that often prove themselves to be far more difficult and challenging.

Within all of us are certain personality traits and belief systems. Courage, discipline and the proper attitude are deeply ingrained in your psyche. It is for this reason that creating a change in momentum and direction often takes time. Unless you have more discipline than you did for your last resolution, how do you expect to stick with it?

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