Jan 02 2009
Why do we make Resolutions anyway?
The new year…. 2009……. whoopie! Yep, there, I said it. What is the big deal? The weather is still the same as it was last week. My arthritic bones still hurt as much as they did last year. My job is still here (thankfully), but it is still the same.
I am not expecting anything great to happen in the coming year, just like nothing extra-ordinary happened last year. Just the normal ups and downs of everyday life. I read on another’s blog where he boiled the expectation of the new year down to people wanting a time to “turn a new leaf”, or a day set aside to “make a change”. Do we really need a January First to do something to change our lives? Why can’t it be March Eighth or August Tenth? Can’t we just decide we want to do something different, or better, or whatever no matter what the day? Of course we can. Do we? Not usually. The magic of the changing year, the flipping of the calendar page, that is a catalyst for many a human. I am not going to try to explain something I do not understand. ALSO, I do not expect anyone to try to explain the phenomenon to me.
With all that said… I did choose to try and live a healthier lifestyle during the coming year. Why did I choose January to change? Because of human nature, peer pressure from all the millions of others who chose as I did, and all the great sales on all the healthy stuff!
