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[vicodincrutch]

New year resolutions are, and always have been, seasonal crock. You want to improve yourself? Do it. Announcing, making a big deal about it   outside of being cursed is a cry for attention and approval. Self improvement begins and ends with self. When you're supposed to go it alone why enlist others? And for those people who hear the resolution and attempt to rally their ponies too much, well, that's what you call enabling. There are meetings for that.

In addition to being an attention whore's paradise, new year resolutions are a trend. Why are you doing something for yourself that you know should be done when everyone else is up on it? People need reasons. Taking action for self preservation is too selfish to be a reason alone if you want to lose weight, stop smoking or try to be more attractive for today's standards. Is anyone else recognizing the pattern here? All of these attempts at getting approval and seeking approval and for what? What really is accomplished? You make a big belly aching deal about how you're going to do something, get lazy three months in and then everyone knows about your failure.

Comments

[horrible-protag.livejournal.com]

Well what's wrong with making an announcement about it? When you do, you can be assured that your friends and loved ones will help inspire and aid you towards your goal.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Can you? What if they're only making a big deal about it because you are and really, they don't care?

[horrible-protag.livejournal.com]

A resolution made not for yourself is scarcely your resolution at all.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

You said yourself though that a function is to get other people participating.

You ever reach a point where you have no idea what your characters are saying anymore?

[horrible-protag.livejournal.com]

I said that other people help the person to reach their goal, but it's hardly made only because of the other people.