Resolutions
Does anyone really change? I mean really, really change. You can sign up for the gym, you can change your diet, you can pay for match.com. No such actions gaurantee that you are going to lose weight or go on a date. You're still fat and single and before you know it, it's the end of another year.
A few co-workers, over the past year, have explained to me multiple times how this time they are going to "stick to it" (it being a diet or going to the gym regularly) and each time they explain this to me, I laugh and give them two weeks.
I have been wrong. They have lasted three weeks.
People who make resolutions (whether they are for New Year's or other times) and then fail at following through on making a change are not bad people. They are not blights on society.
However, it continues to confuse me as to why someone who continually fails at the follow through of a plan will continue to justify talking about their new plan. In other words, if you suck at something, why do you keep talking about it?
"Hey guys. I think I'm going to join the gym again," translates into "Hey James. Here comes a conversation that is going to take up five minutes of your life that you'll never get back."
In the spirit of the upcoming new year... here are some resolutions that I know I will follow:
Be awesome. (I'm always awesome; can't fail the follow through on this!)
Buy plaid shirts. (In the past three years, I have purchased -- on average -- 4 plaid shirts a year. It's pretty safe to say that such a trend will continue).
Wear fedoras. (I have taken lots of crap from people for wearing fedoras. It hasn't stopped me from wearing fedoras. I will continue to take crap from people and will continue to wear fedoras and verbally assault those who give me crap).
Play music. (Is there really any reason to suspect that I won't be able to follow through on this? I attend an open mic weekly, I am playing in a band, I have joined a songwriters group.)
See you next year!
A few co-workers, over the past year, have explained to me multiple times how this time they are going to "stick to it" (it being a diet or going to the gym regularly) and each time they explain this to me, I laugh and give them two weeks.
I have been wrong. They have lasted three weeks.
People who make resolutions (whether they are for New Year's or other times) and then fail at following through on making a change are not bad people. They are not blights on society.
However, it continues to confuse me as to why someone who continually fails at the follow through of a plan will continue to justify talking about their new plan. In other words, if you suck at something, why do you keep talking about it?
"Hey guys. I think I'm going to join the gym again," translates into "Hey James. Here comes a conversation that is going to take up five minutes of your life that you'll never get back."
In the spirit of the upcoming new year... here are some resolutions that I know I will follow:
Be awesome. (I'm always awesome; can't fail the follow through on this!)
Buy plaid shirts. (In the past three years, I have purchased -- on average -- 4 plaid shirts a year. It's pretty safe to say that such a trend will continue).
Wear fedoras. (I have taken lots of crap from people for wearing fedoras. It hasn't stopped me from wearing fedoras. I will continue to take crap from people and will continue to wear fedoras and verbally assault those who give me crap).
Play music. (Is there really any reason to suspect that I won't be able to follow through on this? I attend an open mic weekly, I am playing in a band, I have joined a songwriters group.)
See you next year!