A new year, a new beginning-or so the old saying goes.
It's still the first week of 2017 and as a blogger (an irregular one at it), I am late in posting the "new year special blog post". Is it mandatory you ask? I would say that it's more traditional. You all must have ushered in the new year in one way or the other. While a lot decided to stick to the traditional partying, cake-on-the-face or clubbing, a few decided to do it with a simple new year greeting to their friends and family via text or phone calls. Then there are those who decide to do the latter the instant the clock strikes 12:00 and then completely forget about it, only to realize the next day morning, but then again, people are forgetful.
2017 did have it's own fill of parties albeit the usual type repeated every year. We ushered in the new year with a renewed vigor and with our hopes set high, yet again. While some of these "hopes" turn to "reality", others take their own sweet time- but again, this is for another blog post on it's own. I can however say with full confidence that there are some things that never change with the start of a new year- The mandatory act of taking resolutions.
And ready for a new set of resolutions.
Joke's apart though. I always wondered how this trend of resolving to start something new came about. I did some research and found out this.
The following information is highly confidential and has got prior approval from the Central Department of Internet Plagiarism and Cybercrimes. Make sure you are old enough to read through the remaining of the post.
Oh, shut up, will you?
The month of January is named after the Roman god Janus, who was considered the god of transitions. He his depicted as a god with two faces on either side representing that he can see the past as well as the future. So naturally, January was seen by people as another opportunity to start afresh. It was seen by many as another opportunity to reboot their lives and get on the right track if they have gone astray. Also, humans are creatures of habit. We tend to do the same thing over and over again once we taste success. It ultimately becomes a habit. All we do at the start of a new year is to hope that our resolution eventually turns out into a habit that bears us the fruits of success at the end of the year.
But does that happen?
Maybe that's for another time to discuss.
But then again, this "art" of resolving to start something new and resourceful and the determination that grows with it eventually dies out as the weeks progress and at the end of the first month, well let's just say that February is January version 2.0- upgraded. As for march, poor guy, nothing special about him as the resolution is long forgotten by now.
2017 did have it's own fill of parties albeit the usual type repeated every year. We ushered in the new year with a renewed vigor and with our hopes set high, yet again. While some of these "hopes" turn to "reality", others take their own sweet time- but again, this is for another blog post on it's own. I can however say with full confidence that there are some things that never change with the start of a new year- The mandatory act of taking resolutions.
Joke's apart though. I always wondered how this trend of resolving to start something new came about. I did some research and found out this.
The following information is highly confidential and has got prior approval from the Central Department of Internet Plagiarism and Cybercrimes. Make sure you are old enough to read through the remaining of the post.
Oh, shut up, will you?
The month of January is named after the Roman god Janus, who was considered the god of transitions. He his depicted as a god with two faces on either side representing that he can see the past as well as the future. So naturally, January was seen by people as another opportunity to start afresh. It was seen by many as another opportunity to reboot their lives and get on the right track if they have gone astray. Also, humans are creatures of habit. We tend to do the same thing over and over again once we taste success. It ultimately becomes a habit. All we do at the start of a new year is to hope that our resolution eventually turns out into a habit that bears us the fruits of success at the end of the year.
But does that happen?
Maybe that's for another time to discuss.
But then again, this "art" of resolving to start something new and resourceful and the determination that grows with it eventually dies out as the weeks progress and at the end of the first month, well let's just say that February is January version 2.0- upgraded. As for march, poor guy, nothing special about him as the resolution is long forgotten by now.
Let's wake up shall we? Why not try setting up smaller goals on a monthly basis? By this, we tend to get more breathing space for other activities to refresh ourselves. As an added bonus, we also become somewhat immune to boredom and the urge to give up in times of failure. Success through smaller steps boosts our confidence progressively so at the end of the year, even if we have failed to achieve "that goal", we would have made some progress and with this satisfaction,we can try yet again the following year! Look, I know that there are millions of posts in the internet with the same things mentioned here. But what I am trying to achieve here is to refresh your memory with yet another blog post with the same generic info, thus saving you all the time and effort for having to sit and google it.
But you all are going to do it anyway aren't you? I knew it..!
So why don't we resolve to start this year with the promise to take one step at a time and continue doing so till the end of the month and the start of the next year.
Wait, did you just resolve?
Yeah....
Oh man! You are in some deep sh...
Language!
Do you think you will be able to follow it?
What about you?
Do you want to leave that question unanswered?
Sounds like a good plan.
As a closing statement, I spent my new year travelling.
Ever heard of the quiet ones? Those who spend their new year contemplating on past events?
Yeah... that usually never ends well... Happy new year everyone..!
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