Normally, I have a specific New Year's Resolution that I make come the start of January. For example, last year, I pledged to stop biting my fingernails, and I followed through with that. This year, though, I do not have a specific New Year's Resolution other than to, overall, become a better person in terms of treating others with respect, becoming less annoying in the presence of others, etc. I feel that while having a specific New Year's Resolution is not a bad thing at all, they do not necessarily improve the kind of person you are. Often, people make ones such as "lose weight" and "stop procrastinating," but these do not affect anybody but themselves. While there's nothing wrong with that, I would just like to try something different this year. Thus, I am foregoing making a specific New Year's Resolution such as breaking a bad habit this year, and instead, I will leave it at a general resolution to make myself a better person and try to improve upon this when opportunities to do so may arise.
Monday, January 5, 2009
New Year's Resolution
Normally, I have a specific New Year's Resolution that I make come the start of January. For example, last year, I pledged to stop biting my fingernails, and I followed through with that. This year, though, I do not have a specific New Year's Resolution other than to, overall, become a better person in terms of treating others with respect, becoming less annoying in the presence of others, etc. I feel that while having a specific New Year's Resolution is not a bad thing at all, they do not necessarily improve the kind of person you are. Often, people make ones such as "lose weight" and "stop procrastinating," but these do not affect anybody but themselves. While there's nothing wrong with that, I would just like to try something different this year. Thus, I am foregoing making a specific New Year's Resolution such as breaking a bad habit this year, and instead, I will leave it at a general resolution to make myself a better person and try to improve upon this when opportunities to do so may arise.
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I am not sure I understand you. You criticize people who want to stop procrastinating because it affects no one but them, but then you state in your last sentence that you will try to improve yourself. Doesn't improving a bad habit fall into this category?
ReplyDeleteI didn't criticize it. In fact, I said there's nothing wrong with it (an exact quote). I just thought that this year I'd try to maybe turn over a new leaf and treat others more nicely, as opposed to "stop biting my fingernails," a typical, run-of-the-mill resolution (not that mine is the most original in the world, but still).
ReplyDeleteOh, I see. Well, good luck keeping your resolutions!
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