The year 2016 is now upon us all, and what will we do
with it? For sure, many individuals will no doubt keep a few New Year’s
Resolutions a couple of weeks in an attempt to make positive lifestyle changes;
some may well keep them longer. At any rate, people will use the changing
calendar as a benchmark for wishful changes. We have always done so.
Somehow we humans seem to naturally look to dates and
calendars to “officially” begin or end doing things that we feel will help us.
In reality, if these changes actually should be made, they would be made
immediately. None of us would wait for calendar changes.
The point is that we often are more interested in the
activity of enacting new beginnings in the calendar New Year as an activity in
and of itself, as opposed to the actual positive effects of the results and
changes that are supposedly desirable. Human beings like programs and plans,
and trying to follow them. Activities with small steps provide a sense of
accomplishment to us all.
Indeed, early 2016 will be much more of the same ritual
and maybe more. With all of the worldly distractions we all are now facing
(Presidential Election, Terrorism, Radical Islam, ISIS, Crude Oil Bubbles, etc)
we will once again give ourselves the task of trying to keep New Year’s
Resolutions to occupy ourselves and gain a sense of personal control.
If by chance some of us make some headway in what we wish
to change, GREAT. If not, at least we were or will be better for a week or two
at whatever we try to accomplish. Every small bit helps at least a little bit.
New beginnings can start at any time of a day, week,
month, or year; they do not require a New Year or calendar change. I wish you
well should you pursue significant lifestyle changes with genuinely-desired end
results. We all have limited time in this life, and only one body to live it
out in…
Jimmy Hall (404-580-1501) is a professional
business writer/consultant that specializes in creating business plans,
resumes, web content, and letters.
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