Resolutions Suck
Yup, I said it…I’m pissing on the big thing that everybody does on New Years: announce their “new years resolution”.
You know, honestly? It’s crap. People say they’re going to do something, and then do it for like 5 days and then have some shitty reason to stop.
Me? I’m going to do the “new years continuation” …basically meaning that I’m not going to stop some of the things that I’ve worked hard on last year, and just work harder on them this year.
My list includes:
- Improve my cycling ability, purchase a stationary trainer and get really solid over the winter so that I can kick ass in the summer
- Continue improving my skiing ability…after only two lessons I’ve really got the hang of it…one more lesson and I should be a pro (ok maybe not, but I can dream)
- Release a kick ass web product (socialthing!) and continue being the best CEO I can be
- Write new songs, record more music, finish off the musical projects that I’ve been procrastinating on for years
- Be a better friend: being as busy as I am takes its toll on relationships…I plan to continue striving to fix this
- Become less of a BlackBerry addict, disconnect on occasion, just reduce my dependancy on technology altogether
Well that’s it, the continuation of my 2007 goals digested into 6 bullet points. Seems so easy right? Like a check-off list. Like I can say “awesome, this one’s done…accomplished…can move on”. But that’s where so many people fail. They set such lofty and unaccomplishable goals for themselves. ”Lose weight”, “Pick up cooking” blah blah blah. Noone does things in micro-steps. You know, they say…”Rome wasn’t built in a day”. That’s right, because it took years upon fucking years to build such a dynasty. Do you think you can lose 80 pounds in two months? Fuck no, that’s one hairbrained idea. Just try to lose 5 pounds this month, and work from there.
That’s why I just try to continue improving myself, set neverending goals…something I can always work on. You should try it this year.
