New Year; New You?
Debbie Harris
Dec 2024 • 1 min read
New year; New you?
I wanted to write about the value of New Year’s Resolutions, so obviously I took to ‘the Google’ to see what the internet thinks!
I was mildly surprised that the vast majority of articles that appeared in my search provided reasons why we should NOT make New Year’s Resolutions.
So I guess I’m in the minority on this; because I think they’re a great idea!
The 1st of January represents a finite moment when you can set some goals for the coming twelve months … but then I also love Mondays (much to the disbelief of my colleagues), clean bed linen, a new notebook – all of which represent a fresh start; a new beginning.
So what do the naysayers say about ‘resolutions’?
- They’re too broad and we are therefore bound to fail
- We don’t consider ‘why’ and therefore we don’t address our real challenges/motivations
- We aren’t ready for the change we vow to make
- We include things that are beyond our control
- We don’t tell anyone what they are (not verbalising them means they don’t really exist!)
Suffice to say – there are a myriad of other reasons why you shouldn’t bother with them, but there are a lot of folk who are in agreement with me that they are still worthwhile!
For me – my goals are small and achievable (yet challenging) and, importantly, some of them do not require me to ‘last a full year’! So there may be things I want to achieve in January or in July. I don’t verbalise any of them to anyone (I don’t imagine anyone is that interested!) but they are meaningful to me and I do write them down.
Whichever camp you sit in on this; all that matters is that it works for you!
Here at Solomon’s – we like being prepared and organised; we enjoy planning (obviously) in all its guises and we value having goals and objectives; something to aim for.
What will your plan for 2025 look like?
