Do you know
anyone who’s actually kept a resolution they made for a full year? I think I tried it once, for about ten minutes.
According to
Parade magazine, we have the Babylonians and The Roman Empire to thank for this
not-so-favorite holiday tradition. How they managed to scroll resolutions while
trying to conquer every country on the planet is beyond me.
Parade also shared that the success rate of
keeping your resolutions is eight percent. I would have guessed more like
negative two percent.
This
prompted me to research more resolutions info on the web. I know, I should
probably get a life, but it beats putting away Christmas decorations.
I found out
most people make the same resolutions every year - lose weight, reduce stress,
spend less, save more, ya-da, ya-da, ya-da.
The British
“Social Entrepreneurs” offered some interesting resolution twists, however. Of
course, I have no idea what a social entrepreneur is, but heck, they sure
intend to make a difference.
For instance, one person is “going to be focused on understanding what
spreading social innovation looks like in different contexts, particularly
where actors have different levels of control – what are the distinct challenges
associated with growing a practice through an umbrella organization, or trying
to replicate a specific intervention in new contexts?” Blimey!
There was
one social entrepreneur who actually made a resolution I could relate to, “My resolution is to seek out good wine and
in particular, co-operative wine.” Right on!
Let’s face
facts, no matter where we’re from, we hate making those lousy resolutions and
we hate ourselves even more for not keeping them. So again, what’s the point?
To that end,
I’ve decided to share my Top 5 resolutions I have no intention of keeping.
I tried it once for Lent. Practically
the worst forty days of my life. When it was over, I ate a two
pound box of
candy in one sitting.
Maybe if I understood why I needed to do this, I might be motivated to
try.
No matter what the food-kick-of-the-month is here in CA, I have no
intention of eating kale in
any way, shape or form.
Until they figure out how to broadcast Days of our Lives and Downton
Abbey telepathically,
ain’t gonna happen.
I already clip coupons, clean my own house and dye my own hair. What more
could you
possibly ask a woman to sacrifice?
I think I’m
definitely onto something here - guiltless New Year resolutions
When ya don’t keep ‘em, ya just don’t care.
Works for
me.
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