On Resolutions...Or, Are You A Resoluter?
For the sake of this post, let's begin with defining terms. Resolution: a firm decision to do or not to do something. Rule: a principle that operates within a particular sphere of knowledge, describing or prescribing what is possible or allowable. Goal: the object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result Guideline: a general rule, principle, piece of advice, recommendation Short and sweet: I believe that life, in its many variations of messiness, is far too complex to be amenable to resolutions, therefore, not a fan. One can certainly have the best of intentions (a thing intended; an aim or a plan) every day, yet life, as we know it, has its own intentions that occasionally intersect with our plans and as frequently roils up to capsize them with the force of a tsunami. Resolutions, I think, get in the way of our goals because, really, what in life is absolutely, positively, 100% set in stone--which, in m...