January 1st: A Bit to Explain
Happy New Year!
Everyone looks at the new year as a fresh start, a clean slate, an opportunity to right the wrongs of their life, their struggles, and make themselves a better person. Some look to it as an opportunity to improve daily health, mental and physical. Some look to it as an opportunity to forge relationships that either do not exist at all or were lost a long time ago.
Ultimately a lot of these "resolutions" if you will fall by the wayside. Hence why I don't like them.
I look at resolutions as a long line down the road of Procrastination. Why does it take until January 1st before you decide to enact these "resolutions?" Why does it take until a new year before you decide to work on these personal or public matters? In my opinion, carpe diem.
I look at myself in this regard as well. For example, I think it's well-documented that I've wanted to get into a healthier lifestyle. Working out, losing weight, getting into better shape, all those really good things in life are the things I chase. I'll get started and stick to a plan, but then let the excuses roll in, the breaks that were only suppose to last a day turn into months of not working out, and I'm back to where I started. And time and time again, I aim to stick with it, but can never complete it. Each time, I always say this time will be different, and it never is.
So what makes this time so different?
Well... I didn't wait until January 1st.
It was after my birthday, December 27th, when I sat down and evaluated my life in full extent. I was a bit upset on my birthday, just because I felt like what I wanted to do, once again, took a backseat to what everyone else wanted me to do for them. I wanted to go buy myself some things, start working on some things in my room. But all the other distractions of the day were a bit more off-putting. And as a result, I almost didn't do it.
But then I thought to myself.... "Why not? What's stopping you besides yourself letting the little guy win?"
So I went out, at 7pm, and did what I had wanted to do all day. And when I came home, I had the biggest smile on my face.
The next day, I marched back into my gym after having not stepped in since September 1st, and began what I hope is an upward trek to a much healthier, controlled lifestyle. I downsized my portion size at dinner, and have a clear plan. It makes me happy -- although right now not so much because my muscles feel like I've dropped anvils on all of them -- because I feel like, once again, I have that fire to succeed.
I'll falter along the way. I'll experience set-backs. The "little guy" will do what he can to bring me back down. But what I won't do is create excuses for myself anymore. I have to own up to what is my responsibility. If I want to lose weight, do the work to make it happen.
I look at New Years Resolutions as an excuse. Why wait until January 1st to do something you want to do? If you resolve to be a nicer, more compassionate person, start that day. Don't prolong it for a month, or even a day. Start NOW.
So, a bit of explaining.
I think I always say "I'm going to post more in my blog and get this ball rolling" and then I never do. I start off, then falter. To be honest, I'm terrible at maintaining a strict schedule when it comes to this thing. BUT, there are a few things I want to do:
- I want to push forward with "GSU Blogs" chronicling my time as an undergraduate at Georgia Southern University. I talked about the recent fees the students voted on and their details, and along the way alluded to several different things I wanted to talk about. So I hope to expand that into something I can do. I'll have to look into a few things, but I already have one in mind I hope to crank out tomorrow, so to anyone that reads this, don't be surprised to see another blog post tomorrow.
- Leading from the GSU Blog Series, I want to incorporate other blog series once I finish that one. There are a few things I want to talk about, but putting it all into a single blog would pull up a "TL;DR" type thing. No bueno. It's an idea, we'll see what happens.
- I want to think of ways for interaction. I think it would motivate me to involve anyone who reads this into something I write on here. What exactly that is, I'm not sure. Keep in mind, I just thought of this on the fly.
- I think I'm going to refrain from going too personal on here. I've just thought about it and decided it's not mature of me to air out all the dirty laundry like that. Incorporating certain things, like what I mentioned above, are a different scenario. But going all out? I dunno if I did that in the past, but I won't moving forward.
So moving forward, I'm going to do my best to keep coming back here. Hopefully. I like this idea, and hate I don't do it more. I love the idea, I just need to use it more.
Everyone looks at the new year as a fresh start, a clean slate, an opportunity to right the wrongs of their life, their struggles, and make themselves a better person. Some look to it as an opportunity to improve daily health, mental and physical. Some look to it as an opportunity to forge relationships that either do not exist at all or were lost a long time ago.
Ultimately a lot of these "resolutions" if you will fall by the wayside. Hence why I don't like them.
I look at resolutions as a long line down the road of Procrastination. Why does it take until January 1st before you decide to enact these "resolutions?" Why does it take until a new year before you decide to work on these personal or public matters? In my opinion, carpe diem.
I look at myself in this regard as well. For example, I think it's well-documented that I've wanted to get into a healthier lifestyle. Working out, losing weight, getting into better shape, all those really good things in life are the things I chase. I'll get started and stick to a plan, but then let the excuses roll in, the breaks that were only suppose to last a day turn into months of not working out, and I'm back to where I started. And time and time again, I aim to stick with it, but can never complete it. Each time, I always say this time will be different, and it never is.
So what makes this time so different?
Well... I didn't wait until January 1st.
It was after my birthday, December 27th, when I sat down and evaluated my life in full extent. I was a bit upset on my birthday, just because I felt like what I wanted to do, once again, took a backseat to what everyone else wanted me to do for them. I wanted to go buy myself some things, start working on some things in my room. But all the other distractions of the day were a bit more off-putting. And as a result, I almost didn't do it.
But then I thought to myself.... "Why not? What's stopping you besides yourself letting the little guy win?"
So I went out, at 7pm, and did what I had wanted to do all day. And when I came home, I had the biggest smile on my face.
The next day, I marched back into my gym after having not stepped in since September 1st, and began what I hope is an upward trek to a much healthier, controlled lifestyle. I downsized my portion size at dinner, and have a clear plan. It makes me happy -- although right now not so much because my muscles feel like I've dropped anvils on all of them -- because I feel like, once again, I have that fire to succeed.
I'll falter along the way. I'll experience set-backs. The "little guy" will do what he can to bring me back down. But what I won't do is create excuses for myself anymore. I have to own up to what is my responsibility. If I want to lose weight, do the work to make it happen.
I look at New Years Resolutions as an excuse. Why wait until January 1st to do something you want to do? If you resolve to be a nicer, more compassionate person, start that day. Don't prolong it for a month, or even a day. Start NOW.
So, a bit of explaining.
I think I always say "I'm going to post more in my blog and get this ball rolling" and then I never do. I start off, then falter. To be honest, I'm terrible at maintaining a strict schedule when it comes to this thing. BUT, there are a few things I want to do:
- I want to push forward with "GSU Blogs" chronicling my time as an undergraduate at Georgia Southern University. I talked about the recent fees the students voted on and their details, and along the way alluded to several different things I wanted to talk about. So I hope to expand that into something I can do. I'll have to look into a few things, but I already have one in mind I hope to crank out tomorrow, so to anyone that reads this, don't be surprised to see another blog post tomorrow.
- Leading from the GSU Blog Series, I want to incorporate other blog series once I finish that one. There are a few things I want to talk about, but putting it all into a single blog would pull up a "TL;DR" type thing. No bueno. It's an idea, we'll see what happens.
- I want to think of ways for interaction. I think it would motivate me to involve anyone who reads this into something I write on here. What exactly that is, I'm not sure. Keep in mind, I just thought of this on the fly.
- I think I'm going to refrain from going too personal on here. I've just thought about it and decided it's not mature of me to air out all the dirty laundry like that. Incorporating certain things, like what I mentioned above, are a different scenario. But going all out? I dunno if I did that in the past, but I won't moving forward.
So moving forward, I'm going to do my best to keep coming back here. Hopefully. I like this idea, and hate I don't do it more. I love the idea, I just need to use it more.
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