As the holiday season draws to a close, we are urged to take a step back and reflect on our year. This reflection though tends to be negative, and if corporate America is allowed a say it will stay that way. According to Nathalie Tadena of "The Wall Street Journal," “The busiest month of the year for weight loss products and services to advertise on television has historically been January.”
I doubt this surprises the average person who has seen countless magazine covers and advertisers attempts at getting them to buy their product by promising to provide the secret to quick weight loss.
This is one of the reasons why I will not partake in making any New Year's Resolutions.
I will admit, the idea of “New Year, New Me” does have a nice ring to it, and seems like a promising concept at first. In my experience though, this novelty wears off far too quickly. Which may be why, according to Statisticbrain, 67 percent of people who register for gym memberships end up never using them.
As the new year approaches we feel pressured into committing to making these changes. While joining a gym is not inherently bad, many people who make these commitments start without researching or easing into these choices. The spirit of the New Year can make us think anything can change with the drop of the ball, but we cannot.
At the end of the day we are the same people we were at 11:59 p.m. on December 31st and we are 12:00 a.m. January 1st, just one minute older. The New Year will not automatically grant one the strength to fulfill the daunting agenda that may be pushed onto them from any number of sources.
This does not mean we do not have the ability to better ourselves, all I am saying is that change takes time. Developing good habits and kicking the bad ones are rarely paths without obstacles, so when embarking on such journeys it is not the best idea to treat them as open and shut cases. It is important to remember that there will come a day where you will stumble, even backtrack on your path. That’s okay, because you’re still the same person you were the year before, just trying to make a change for the better.
Throughout the year we should be attempting to better ourselves, so if you’re considering a way to better yourself why not begin the journey now?
