The New Black in 2012

In a couple of days comes 2012, a new year arrives.  It’s around this time that one typically reflects on the past year and resolves for the future year.  I don’t make resolutions.  I don’t like the pressure of telling others what I am going to do in the year.  What if I just don’t have what it takes to truly live out what I hope to change?  What if it’s not something that will move me in a good direction? Resolutions are worn like the new black.  Everyone is wearing them and trying hard not to break them.  Once in the year a couple months, the fashion of the resolution hits the clearance rack.  Individuals tend to do 75%, 50% or 10% of a habit or behavior that they intended to be a “life changer.”

I don’t wait for a new year. I make resolutions when I need to break a habit, focus on aspects in my life or when it’s time to change.  In saying all of that, my resolution for 2012 is to not make promises to myself that I cannot keep.  Why set myself up for failure or add pressure into an already pressure filled life?

I resolve to have new experiences, meet new people and challenge my mind, body and soul.  Shouldn’t that be what all of us should resolve to do? Individuals might try living each of the 366 days of 2012 with purpose, and without regret.   Before you decide to be committed to a destined for clearance resolution, decide to change if a change is needed.  Decide to live!  Just be the best version of you, without the added pressure of a resolution that is finical like fashion.   Decide that 2012 is going to be a year that you resolve to live, let that be your new black.