It is a tradition to make resolutions at the beginning of every year, prospects, visions, dreams and targets.
Making resolutions might be an outdated tradition but making and accomplishing them is still fashionable!
New Year resolutions date back 4000 years. The practice has been passed down since, with most people not knowing its significance.
There is a whole list of things that we set out to accomplish every year to improve our lives most of which require top-notch discipline and sacrifice but with the sudden change of times, it seems unnecessary and impracticable to plan ahead of time.
No matter how much one tries to manifest good things, bad things always tag along.
Nobody makes negative resolutions; it is mostly about how they want to buy assets, quit using drugs, get into a long-term relationship, get a promotion at work, keep fit, save money forgetting that it cannot be all roses.
Resolutions are promises that one makes to oneself. They are close to expectations, but presently, it is hard to know what to expect as things take sudden curves, it’s hard to keep a straight track.
Exercising to stay fit and saving money are by statistics the top resolutions that people make and the hardest to commit to.
Half of the people who make resolutions do not even go back to check whether there are any developments as the year passes by, it is just something that we say or write and forget about.
What then happens when life slaps with endless disappointments after making a whole set of goals to score in a given time, say 365 days?
Life is scary and making resolutions is a show of great faith in the unknown.
Maybe we should continue to live by this tradition, continue to fantasise about all the things we want by creating beautiful images in our heads, then on paper, then wait or work to see whether we can live up to it.
Resolutions are chances to start over, it is similar to having a blank slate and ink, you write over and put yourself up for new opportunities and risks.
Even though most of us just know a resolution as a cliché that we found being mentioned and happening, this plan is in hypothesis the first towards a positive alteration and we should give it a shot regardless.
The resolution-making process should be done scrutinisingly and methodically to get a positive response from it.
Sharing our resolutions with friends and family is very important as they motivate one to keep the focus on their goal.
Alongside all the financial and mental difficulties that most are going through as a result of the pandemic, it is pertinent to have a moment to reflect on all that has happened in the past year and make a plan for whatever little thing one would want to accomplish in the coming year.
Edited by Kiilu Damaris
