When asked about a New Year's Resolution, standard responses from most individuals seem to be "live a healthier lifestyle" and/or "work harder/achieve greater things". Although I think it is wonderful that people are striving to achieve greater things and to make progress in their own lives, I feel like these goals call for too much waiting and looking towards the future. I don't mean that long-awaited results aren't good; in fact, the best results sometimes are most waited for. What I'm trying to say is that as a society, we spend too much time looking into the future instead of enjoying and basking in the time we are having at the moment.
As a college student with loads of work, I am most certainly guilty of this trait. Most of the time I am looking forward to the weekend, a certain day or even the next year. Once that time has come, I feel the need to find something else to look forward to instead of looking forward to the next day in front of me and what new things it has in store. Even if you run the same routine every day, most individuals encounter one new thing a day that was different than the day before. Of course, looking forward to events can be exciting but why not look forward to the new things that tomorrow has in store as well?
You never know when "today" will be your last day. I know that many of you hear this often, but I feel that especially in my life, I take it for granted because I think that I'm young and invincible. I learned a valuable lesson this year. You never know when you will see a certain person for the last time, or when you'll have to leave something you didn't expect nor want to leave. Life comes with unforeseen moments that can drastically change your life in the blink of the eye. Whether you're 17 or 71, living a high-risk or low-risk life: this applies to you. If you're looking too far ahead, you are sure to miss some memorable moments that are happening right in front of you!
So while attempting to work your way through the resolutions you've already made, keep the things you originally wanted to work on but also remember to make each day memorable and to live in the moment. Find something different about each day and look forward to the new moments that will accompany each one of your days. It will surely make life more interesting and if you allow it to, it will make your life much more enjoyable like it has mine.
