What’s a new year’s eve without resolutions? For many people, resolutions are a ritual, a must have thing. They revel in it. Like ‘to do’ lists they’ll bravely jot down lofty promises. All very well. But do they manage to keep them? Admit it. We, each of us, have broken promises in life. So why not break resolutions? And without guilt? If just making them peps you up, helps you look forward to the New Year, then breaking them shouldn’t make you feel guilty. We know that eventually all resolutions come to a naught. By the end of January they will be forgotten and relegated to the waste bin of the brain. This year, be kind to yourself. Here’s why your old resolutions wont work.
Common resolution no. 1: I will lose weight and exercise. Scrap it off. Winters are the time for cuddling into your quilt if you live in a cold climate or sleeping in late on one of the year end holidays. But this resolution of ‘losing weight’ is tailor-made to rip your early morning snooze to shreds and drive a wedge through your dreams. I’ve got to lose weight and walk goes through your mind like a grating chalk on a blackboard and jars all the harmonic notes in your brain. Put an end to it. Tell yourself, I’ll start after a few days. Soon, very soon.
Resolution no. two: I will spend more time with my family..blah blah. It’s the perennial complaint. Daughters fight with mothers, wives and girlfriends complain of dwindling time spent and kids complain that their parents don’t take them out or spend time with them. But just for a second recall just why are you spending so little time with them? Because of your job, right? And if you didn’t work so hard then where would the money for all the fun come from? Would they want to spend time with a bickering, unhappy person? The truth is you’re working extra hard for your family. In a roundabout way you are actually spending time to make them comfortable. So you can water this resolution down a bit. I’m going to clock watch at work and head home at 6/6.30 for a change. I’m going to say to my boss: ‘itne mein itna hi hota hai!’
Resolution no. three: I will quit smoking and drinking- If you were really serious you would’ve done it a long time ago. Since you failed, you might as well stop and think why. So change it to: I’m going to think why I can’t seem to quit smoking and drinking. I will ask my family what to do and let them help me kick my habit (and not kick me).
Resolution no. four: I will learn a new language- Wont work unless it has to deal with technology. Learning a new language is useless unless you use it all the time. What’s the point of learning Spanish or German and forgetting it as soon as the classes are over? I suggest you learn to use the buttons on your mobile besides the green and the red buttons. Learn how to send an SMS and a business card. Learn to tweet and use the facebook. Learn to operate the remote of your hi-fi TV.
Resolution no. five: I will read more. But please be specific. Your reading list shouldn’t include e-mails, medicine bottle labels and the TV guide. You must read a book and magazines. And definitely not alongside a radio, ipod or a Twenty-twenty match on television.
My suggestions for resolutions:
1. I will not head for the mall everytime I take my family out. Instead, I’ll go to a park, the zoo, a museum or a movie.
2. I will not pretend take out burgers and pizza are the menu for ‘eating out’
3. I will look up at the sky at least once a day and thank God for the beautiful life he has given me.
4. I will not honk at the car in front of me. It could be my own father driving it.
5. When I’m on the net, I will control my urge to read gossip and catch up on the news instead.
6. I will not lie on facebook and pretend to be uber cool.
Go ahead. Make them and break them. At least you would’ve given it a try.
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