A New Life Resolution? Written By Charly Boy

It seems like it’s a few seconds ago that we all exchanged
HAPPY NEW YEAR pleasantries, amidst fireworks and all we did with it, armed
with different new year resolutions.

Like play, January is winding up, or is it down?

My guy, how many times have you made New year resolutions
that you didn’t keep?

People make new year resolutions because it brings hope for
the future. Everyone starts the new year with good intentions of making right
the things that went wrong in the previous year. It is a way of setting a
personal goal or target and whether we can achieve them or not, it gives us
something to look forward to, and work on (hopefully). Continue…

Many of  us may not
know this but the tradition of New Year’s resolutions dates all the way back to
153 B.C. The month of January is named after Janus, a mythical god of early
Rome. Janus had two faces — one looking forward, one looking backward.

This allowed him to look back on the past and forward toward
the future. On December 31, the Romans imagined Janus looking backward into the
old year and forward into the new year. This became a symbolic time for Romans
to make resolutions for the new year and forgive enemies for troubles in the
past. And thus the New Year’s resolution was born! Till date we keep that
tradition of reflecting on our past and trying to improve our future.

For me,  as long as I
keep striving for my today to be better than my yesterday, everyday is my new
year or should I say, my new day and am resolved in becoming a much better
person today than I was yesterday.

I can’t stop always wanting to smell better, be wiser, make
better decisions; so it is continuous work in progress.

A lotta people make new year resolutions, some are able to
achieve it and others fall back on the same old habits and stuff.

We all have our shortcomings, don’t get me wrong. There is
nothing wrong with having a list of goals written down somewhere or a mental
note you’ve made in your mind. While it’s good and also important to have
something to strive for within the next 12 months, goal-setting has its
limitations and we must understand that in order not to put unnecessary
pressure on ourselves especially when we fail to achieve those goals.

I believe that the best way to make and achieve new year
resolutions is by taking a holistic look at our lives: finances, health,
relationships, spirituality, etc.

We need to discover what tools and techniques each one of us
individually needs to achieve set targets.

It is also extremely important to set your own goals and not
your neighbour’s or your friend’s. If your goal is not realistic it can NEVER
be achievable. How do you set a ‘fly’ goal when you have not even started to
crawl,

stand, walk or run? One steady, calculated step at a time is
it, not ten ruff shoddy ones that lead nowhere or even fall you down thereby
feeling a sense of failure which consequently makes people resign to fate.

I remember when I was trying to quit smoking, and every time
I made the new year resolution to stop, I failed until I began to reset my mind
and instead of making new year resolutions, I started making New Life
resolution each and every day and that has helped me achieve my targets. Am
beating my nicotine habit, am not there yet, but am on my way as that’s the
only vice I really have.

The key to successful goal-making is not to be hasty when
you do it. Make resolutions you’ve thought through and are willing to dedicate
your time and energy to it. Abeg, Don’t make resolution after coming from a
party, or after getting high. E no go workoooo. If you’re not 100 percent
committed to your goal, the possibility of staying motivated is not in your
favor.

Make una take clear eyes dey enter this year, as country
keep face so, we must seriousooooo.

This is our year, boys and girls…if we get busy sha. Nooooooooooo
long tinnnnnnn!!