I don’t make resolutions. If it’s something I need to do, I do it. I don’t wait until the New Year.
– Alice White
What is it about the turning of the calendar that makes us want to make New Year’s Resolutions? Why is it that we feel the need to make promises we are unwilling to start today? Why wait until January 1st?
We should make Arbitrary Day Resolutions. Whatever and whenever it is you are thinking of changing (eating better, exercising more, quitting smoking), don’t wait for the artificial day on the calendar to make that move.
Obviously there are certain resolutions that require a calendar: Michelle’s Quest for 1000, Pete’s Dashing Through December, my goal of qualifying for Boston. But many of the resolutions that we make every January 1st are things that we wish we would do every day. If your resolution is one of those, then why wait for January 1st. Be it. Live it. Do it now!
What are you going to start to do today?
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Nice post! 🙂 I use this annual downtime to get my eggs back in one basket and review my priorities, but very true that there’s no time like the present! I’m going to start running more (1,500+ miles in 2010) and qualify for Boston (3:40 marathon).
I guess resolution is a bit like an annual report. It the time when you know your P&L and take (maybe) some good decision to move more to the P and less to the L. Many humans just do it on the first. As for me…no resolution…just determined to get back on track and fully recover from my bike accident that happened 1 month before Zurich IM.