Goals over Resolutions

Stop smoking? Start exercising? Eat healthily? More worklife balance? These all sound good on the surface but typically this is actually what you think you should be doing rather than what you really want to be doing.

Cheers for the New Year 2019! Yes, another year has come in. Everyone has high hopes that it may bring fortune and good luck. Will it be?

We are often probed by our teachers, friends or even our family about our New Year’s Resolution, the time in which we are to reckon about the things to be altered or enhanced within us.

Through the years, I never have had a New Year’s Resolution because I find it useless and it frustrates me whenever I fail to do what is ought to be done. Well, I don’t need a New Year’s resolution to motivate myself because I always believe that New Year’s Day isn’t different from any other days of my life. If I ought to change my lifestyle, I can do it anytime. This is the reason why I prefer to set my goals because goals are specific, whereas resolutions tend to be broad and vague. Goals are much more actionable, which makes them more effective.

I am not against those who find resolutions effective than set goals. But my point is, do we really need to wait another year to think about a theme which will exactly fall on areas for self-improvement? We have to take into consideration that we don’t need a special occasion for us to think about the things that can make us better because every single day is an opportunity to take.

Even without formulating resolutions, there could be a great change if what you desire to achieve will be put into action. What I want to emphasize here is that, resolutions are still useless if we don’t do what is supposed to be done.

I seldom notice people exercising because they want to achieve body goals but not really enjoying it. Why would they do such things that they don’t want to do and do them even they don’t bring them joy? I saw my Facebook friends broadcasting about their new year’s goals but do not really follow what they want to in the first place. This is what propelled me to think of—various goals rather than deeming of resolutions.

Moreover, I am so glad that I have improved something within me. Now, I have become more focused on things that I prioritize. I have become more independent especially that I used to find gigs to subsidize some of my projects in school. And I have become more practical on things that I used to do. Mind you, the New Year has nothing to do with it.

Truth be told, it is very annoying to set goals when you know that you would not be able to do it because you cannot follow what is intended to be followed. But I have figured out that setting a goal can actually aid me to become the better version of myself especially with the specific ones because at least I will be guided in attaining my desires because, for me, goals are way effective than resolutions.