In our culture it is a tradition to generate new year's resolutions, such as how we plan to better ourselves, others or the world. Some resolutions are easier than others, as I am sure you are aware of, and some take a constant reminding to stay on track to uphold. More difficult ones, such as a new diet (sorry, Chick-fil-A), exercising more/at a higher intensity and anything that really challenges your brain pose as the resolutions that will require more effort and a slimmer chance of completion.

This is the reality to most new years resolutions.

You, and I, will either maintain our resolutions or we won't. There is a way to half-ass it so to speak, where you start out strong in January and maybe even February but then things start to die down. As much as we might like to consider this as following our resolution(s) it does not officially count. It's a good effort, and if that's what you were really going for then cheers! You did it. But, when we think of new years resolutions we envision a year of commitment and perseverance. Therefore, there are only two ways for resolutions to end up, either accomplishing them or abandoning them.

There are those people out there that realize the reality of their dedication to their resolutions and very wisely do a month-based resolution system. If you know you are likely to quit after a month, a week or three days, then this might be the system for you. Taking resolutions one step at a time, whether that is by day, week or month, it might be easier to stay on target to reaching your goal(s).

If you maintain your resolutions you expect to feel this sort of euphoric high when the end of the year comes around and you kept your word. Maybe you do feel this way or maybe you're a little let down that it didn't turn out the way you had envisioned. I have noticed that body transformations, both physical and mental, offer great satisfaction for the host. I must applaud anyone who makes it a full year doing what they set out to do. That is a huge accomplishment in and of itself. Most of us get distracted in our ever chaotic ever bustling worlds that we live in and our resolutions slip from our minds. It takes a cultivated sense of self-awareness and dedication to make it the complete year.

Maybe this will be the year you, me, we, constantly remind ourselves of our resolutions and work towards them. Make this the year you finish strong by completing your resolution, or not, that works too there's always next year.