I’ve gone back and forth in my head about usefulness of new year’s resolutions. I believe we’ve all grown up hearing about them and perhaps been encouraged to take on something we can change about ourselves in each new year. In my life, I know there are many things I attempted change, big change, at the turn of a new calendar, only to quickly fall flat on my face.
I have learned that it’s best to make smaller changes, steps along the way, and that we can do them any time. I like the idea of doing them at the same time I’m hanging a new calendar on the wall (one of the few people who I’m sure still does such a thing), but I also understand I don’t have to wait until I’ve eaten too many holiday desserts to make changes.
But there’s something else I’ve been contemplating– that “resolution” isn’t so much what it’s about to me rather than a “recommitment” to myself. We can always do better. After all, if we were perfect, we wouldn’t be here. But there’s always something in our lives we can do better and I strive each day to keep building on what happened the previous day.
This new year I’m recommitting myself to a variety of areas of my life where I’ve either gotten a little lazy or fallen short of where I’d like to be, what I’d like to accomplish. After all, making ourselves better also makes the people and the world around us better, too.
Happy 2025!