I don’t do resolutions
It occurs to me to wonder how many iterations of “something” make a tradition. After all for the past 3-4 years we have not done Holiday gifts for the adults. Is that enough to make it a tradition? Is four years enough to signal ‘the way it’s always been done’?
It’s been years since I have done resolutions. Looking back now I wonder if resolutions are simply the trappings of the self help and diet industries. After celebrating to excess from November to January 1st it is easy to see why we might be drawn intoa routine of restriction.
Much like the victim of a blinding hangover we clamor for the fresh clean and refreshing. The water to clear our palate, to wash the after taste away.
Yet I don’t feel the need to react that way. First I gave up the diet industry years ago. Beyond that my life doesn’t need fixing. Sure I could vacuum more and Warcraft less, but those are agenda items not lifestyle declarations or flaws to fix. (and a girl has to have a little down time)
I think the New Year is a horrible time to prune our personal habits. After spending two months celebrating with friends and family we shortchange the person we are by attempting to cull parts of our personality in the interest of vanity. It’s not that I don’t believe in personal change, but do it for you, not because we hit a new decade.
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