Realistic resolutions

2009 is just around the corner and I am sitting down with a list of resolutions I made for 2008. I have had 60% success with my list. How about you? We all make New Year resolutions. Do we all achieve 100% success with them? Do we make realistic resolutions?
All resolutions should have 30% fun, 40% goals and 30% well being. A resolution list full of goals or serious stuff makes it boring, bugging and bothersome to carry out. Making one that’s all play makes it frivolous. A resolution should involve a means to achieving it. This year taught me that a flow chart helps decipher how realistic my resolution is.
I’ve learnt through this year that there are things that make us restless, irritable and depressed at times. These are the reason arguments break out. Change within helps in changing without. The world becomes a better place when we smile! Character building is important and it is an ongoing process in life. It doesn’t end the day marriages get fixed. Some of us show off pride or short temper like the family heirloom. Ego trips and angry words leave us no friends, even in our families. Learning to laugh with others and at oneself, taking “Me” time, talking less, analyzing more all help in making head and heart lighter. Being a control freak, aimless wanderer or constant worrier makes us difficult to have around.
Personality building is another. Learning a new skill adds a feather in our cap. I am still learning to drive. I know the year is going to end with that one on next year’s list of New Year resolutions. All of us have bad habits and irritating habits.A conscious effort to curb our negative streaks helps. A friend of mine was on an ego trip last year and decided to give up his smoking. The end of the year found him puffing twice as much as he used to. It is important to succeed in the effort of giving up or letting go a bad habit. Proving a point is not the point of working on negativity.
Planning your finances for next year should be done at least in the last week of this year. Making a holiday possible builds bonds like no other. Time and space is the main thing missing in most relationships today. Health checks should not be taken for granted as they help detect and warn us early on about the onset of diseases that are hereditary or stress-related.
Every year has it’s own mix of good and bad events. Being planned for both makes one prudent and wise. Resolving issues helps start the New Year with a clean slate. Here’s wishing a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year to one and all!