How to Give Up on Resolutions

A new way to have a happy new year – 12/30/2023 (7 minute read)

It’s been said that New Year’s resolutions most often end up being a to-do list for the first couple of weeks in January. A temporary source of frustration, soon to be forgotten when reality yanks the rug out from under our best intentions. When the huge crowds in Times Square mark the dawn of a new year, it seems fitting that it is literally a crystal ball that drops. We gaze into the future, casting our hopes and dreams on the possibilities of a brand new year. In order to give it a little boost out of the gate we resolve to do this thing or that thing. When resolutions fizzle out, it usually boils down to one of two reasons. We become disillusioned or we lack discipline.

During the Christmas season we are filled with joy and renewed faith. Then we turn to face the new year and our joy and faith seem to fade like the batteries in our children's new toys. Well, you may be saying “Hey, it’s just reality. Christmas is over. Now we’ve got inflation and the economy and wars and, Lord have…