I Hate Resolutions

Here’s the thing, if everyone’s doing something, and has been doing it for a while, its probably gotten old and I dont want to do it.

I’m talking in this case about resolutions. This is all you’re probably hearing about recently with the turn of the new year.

Everyone making resolutions they likely won’t commit to or might even forget by February. Now, I am not against anyone making a goal and trying their best to improve or do better. But making resolutions for the sake of just doing it or because they dont want to feel left out is not for me.

In fact around this time of year when everyone is making resolutions, I try to focus on what I had been doing that whole year and simply improve on that. I feel confident not having to randomly come up with resolutions because I keep a list of goals I want to achieve and systems I want to build at all times. I want systems and strategies throughout the year so it doesnt matter if its the beginning, middle or end of the year, I am alway trying to improve on what I have been doing.

Now there are times of the year I do take a step back and take inventory of what has been working and what hasnt. That happens at very specific milestones throughout and one of those “inventory” days tends to happen around the first of the year.

The point is, I dont like resolutions because from my perspective, they tend to be made emotionally because of the new year and all the excitement it brings. Rather, I want to always be improving from where I am currently at.

One tactic I have enjoyed employing lately Is recording my progress daily.

I read a lot, or at least I try to. I did find however that two years ago I started slacking on my reading habits so I made it a goal to always record how many pages I could comfortably read from a book a day and made sure I read the same amount every day to finish a book efficiently.

And it worked. it’s engrained in me now so when I pick up a book, I know how many pages I will read every day and how long it will be before I finish it.

I have applied the same tactic to many other areas in my life that need schedules or this type of discipline and it has helped me stay the course even when that particular task is the last thing I want to do that day.

I said goodbye to resolutions a while ago and embaced building systems and strategies I could build upon all throughout the year so I wouldn’t get swept up with the emotions.

With that being said, I am excited for 2025 but, I am still holding to the emotions I shared in my last blog…

See you in the next one.