Our New Year Resolutions

Oxford dictionary defines "Resolution" as "the quality of being resolute or determined", "a firm decision to do or not to do something".

So, when we say, "Our New Year Resolutions", are we really that determined?

Do we remember our last year resolutions? Were we determined enough to accomplish them?

The answer is a big NO.

But why?

Were our resolutions so ambitious that it was not possible to accomplish them?
Or
Was our laxity the culprit?

We all have our versions of answers. We will try our best to find different ways to defend ourselves from our own resolutions. Then we will forget them eventually and make new ones.

This cycle of events repeats itself again and again.

The funny thing is, we all are well aware of this and yet we choose to ignore it.

Why?

The definition of "determination" goes like this, "The quality that makes you continue trying to do something even when that is difficult".

So, if we are determined means we are consistent and will maintain this consistency until the goal is accomplished.

This is not an easy task.

Making a resolution is easy, but being consistent towards accomplishing it is not.

There are distractions everywhere.

Our resolution was to become fit, but we are still unfit.
Our resolution was to get a job, but we are still unemployed.
Our resolution was to top the class, but we are still average, like everyone else.
Our resolution was to study 8 hours daily, but we are studying 1-2 hrs max, sometimes not at all.
Our resolution was to read novels and magazines, but we didn't go after 5-6 pages.

There were many more.

Now, we are again making the same resolutions and most probably will repeat most of them again next year.

What is stopping us?

i: Patience
   What is patience?
   "The ability to stay calm and accept a delay or something annoying without complaining."
   We don't have patience left. All we do is complain and have become more and more reactive.

ii: Tolerance
    "The willingness to accept opinions or behavior that you may or may not agree with".
    In simple terms, being open-minded will help you see a wider view of the world and will enforce        new ideas in your mind.

iii. Focus
     "To give attention, effort, etc to one particular thing".
     The more you concentrate towards your goal, the more your energy will channel in the right                 direction.
     The more you divert, the more weaker and loathsome you become.

If these three above mentioned parameters, according to me, are taken care of, then our resolutions will be definitely accomplished.

With this, I encourage you to make your resolutions bold and strong and unlike last time, accomplish it this time.

I wish you all a safe, successful and pleasant new year. 

PS: all the definitions of words mentioned above are taken from oxford dictionary.