What’s worse than a New Year’s Resolution? You hear about it all the time, and maybe you have made some yourself, but how often do they stick? Do you ever look forward to the day that you quit a resolution?
I’m not one to make a big deal about stuff like that. I don’t think sharing motivational pictures on Facebook is a great way going about succeeding in a resolution. Success comes from action. You can look at all the great quotes you want, but if you don’t get to work on making changes and sticking to habits, then you can go ahead and start planning for what you won’t do next year.
Instead of a New Year’s Resolution, I propose a New Year’s Action. Don’t just resolve to do something, but start by taking real and meaningful steps to your goal. Find the fire within yourself. Drive yourself towards a goal. Make use of any kind of support system you can find. As long as you continue to act, your resolution will keep itself.
My New Year’s Action was started a little early, in December of 2019. In fact, it is this very website. My New Year’s Action is to build something new. Something fun. And I can’t wait to see how this Action progresses.
The best thing about an Action (or even a Resolution) is that it does not have to start on New Year’s Day. Your Action or Resolution can be a February 3rd Resolution or a July 8th Resolution or any other of the 364 variants (2020 is a Leap Year).
Speaking of Leap Years, maybe the Leap Day a great date to do it. February 29th won’t be around for another 4 years. Congrats procrastinators, you’ve got an extended deadline for your Resolution.
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