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A Resolution To Stop Making Resolutions

My New Year’s Resolution? I’m done making New Year’s Resolutions.

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A Resolution To Stop Making Resolutions
Taylor in Time

Words have a certain profundity to them.

They are the medium through which we are able to communicate our thoughts and our ideas. Words form sentences and sentences can build into lines, lines of engaging prose or instructions or anything, really. The potential is limitless. But, when you dial it back to one, single word. What are the implications of that? How much meaning can you put in one single word?

You see, since I was at least 8, I have been making New Year’s Resolutions in early December. When I was 9, (my birthday being mid-December), I started breaking these resolutions within the first five days of January. This, of course, has led to nothing but desperation and disappointment. As a 9 year old, disappointment came from not having a Valentine that year.

At 19, this is still the thing I’m disappointed about.

Huzzah, I need to stop making New Year’s Resolutions that have to do with a significant other, correct?!

Wrong!

I need to stop making New Year’s Resolutions all together! (Right? Guys? This is where you chime in and tell me I’m not making a horrible mistake and this is a great idea…)

(...Okay the voices said to proceed.)

No matter how I try to go around it, my New Year’s Resolution potentials always come back to impressing that special bae who may or may not exist. For example, I could say that my reasoning for going to the gym more in the year 2018 is to look better and feel better for me, but the truth is—I slay as is. So, it’s not really for me. It’s that constant fear that I’m not good enough because I’m not going to be running next to Zac Efron in Baywatch anytime soon. Though, that could also be due to my asthma.

Last weekend, my friend introduced a revolutionary concept to me: words. Now I know what you’re thinking, “what?” But bear with me here, what if instead of a New Year’s resolution, you chose a word to be your theme for that year. Subsequently, if you so desire, each month can have its own word which can break down to each week and each day.

But, for the grand scheme of things, let’s just focus on one word for the year. This allows a broad spectrum of interpretations instead of a solidified expectation that you have to live up to. A single word has limitless possibilities, even giving way to a narrow interpretation that you can relate to individual situations throughout the year. It’s a common thread, something you can always refer back to keep you on track and in sight of your goals.

Before I let you in on what my word for 2018 is going to be, I’ll surmise 2017: Rush.

My word for 2018 is going to be: Development. I look forward to see what this entails.

What will your word be?

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