New Year New View
Fresh Outlook for 2013
At the stroke of
midnight, millions of people will rejoice to the end of the year and the
beginning of 2013. Along with the champagne
and noisemakers, revelers make promises to better themselves over the next 365
days.
This tradition, over
4,000 years old, is one we either welcome or dread. It is believed the Babylonians first began
offering promises or resolutions as a way of making the gods happy and starting
the next year off on the right foot.
I recently came
across an old resolutions list I created many years ago. “Travel more.
Write more. Love what I do” among
a few other items. Did I accomplish
those that year? Yes and no. I did purchase my first passport and traveled
to Mexico with my now husband. I wrote a
few stories for myself. As for loving
what I did, that took many more years for me to figure out.
As one chapter in
your life ends, we are excited to dream and look at the next one. Each year, we get a chance to reflect on the
year’s events, our accomplishments, and disappointments. We tend to beat ourselves up when we step on
the scale at the end of the year and it doesn’t say what we feel it
should. Some resolutions are bigger than
a yearly goal. They are a lifestyle
change.
“Do what youlove. Love what you do.” When you are in love with the way you spend
your time every day, it no longer becomes the stressful environment you want to
escape. You wake each morning jumping
out of bed (well, almost) and welcoming the day.
Change the way you
view New Year’s resolutions and welcome the ideals and dreams that may take the
rest of your life to achieve. Happy
New Year to all!
