It really is. I look forward to seeing what it will bring me this year. Every year, I've been really surprised by the depth of meaning that the year's saying has created in my life.
Resolutions don't mean you have to do them all immediately. I normally make a list of over 100 new year resolutions, but the list is things to be done by the end of the year, not all in the first week of January. It includes nice things too. And listing so many, and rereading it at the start of each month, means I tend to get quite a few done by the end of the year - usually about 60-75 percent of them. So, I am a huge fan of resolutions, just not a fan of trying to achieve them all in one month.
I think maybe I just don't vibe with the Gregorian calendar as well as some people do. I do know quite a few people who do New Year's resolutions and enjoy doing them. It's just not something I can manage based on the Gregorian calendar, regardless of the timetable for completing them.
You could create the list of 100+ things at any time of year though. Say, on your birthday. It would be the start of a new year for you, with the goal of doing as many as possible before your next birthday
I do my list between Christmas and New Year with my husband - we sit down together and do our lists, but I generally don't start acting on the list (except a few small things) until early spring. For me, January is for coming up with ideas but not being very active, spring is when I'm more active. And if it is giving something up, I leave that until Lent, the traditional time for giving things up.
Woah! That struck a cord with me too!! Thank you Laura and Marielle X
My theme for this year is simplicity, inspired by Zen.
Love it!!! It's such a good phrase to try to live by.
It really is. I look forward to seeing what it will bring me this year. Every year, I've been really surprised by the depth of meaning that the year's saying has created in my life.
Resolutions don't mean you have to do them all immediately. I normally make a list of over 100 new year resolutions, but the list is things to be done by the end of the year, not all in the first week of January. It includes nice things too. And listing so many, and rereading it at the start of each month, means I tend to get quite a few done by the end of the year - usually about 60-75 percent of them. So, I am a huge fan of resolutions, just not a fan of trying to achieve them all in one month.
I think maybe I just don't vibe with the Gregorian calendar as well as some people do. I do know quite a few people who do New Year's resolutions and enjoy doing them. It's just not something I can manage based on the Gregorian calendar, regardless of the timetable for completing them.
You could create the list of 100+ things at any time of year though. Say, on your birthday. It would be the start of a new year for you, with the goal of doing as many as possible before your next birthday
Yes, as I mentioned in the post, I do that in the spring, usually around the equinox - that's the "new year," energetically speaking, for me.
I do my list between Christmas and New Year with my husband - we sit down together and do our lists, but I generally don't start acting on the list (except a few small things) until early spring. For me, January is for coming up with ideas but not being very active, spring is when I'm more active. And if it is giving something up, I leave that until Lent, the traditional time for giving things up.