New Year's Follow up

 As this new year has now gotten underway, I have had many reflections on what I should have as my new year's resolution.  Then I thought "what does a new years resolution even mean?".  Is it the stereotypical "well, I'm going to exercise and eat better" or "well, I'm going to be better at relationships this year"?  The answer I came up with personally is that all of those stereotypical goals may not be bad in and of themselves, but they are not what I need to focus on for my own personal progress.  Therefore, I recommend to any people who may be struggling with deciding a new years resolution to take a look at where they are in in their lives overall and decide what the most pressing issues are - then make a new years resolution to resolve such issues within a certain time limit.  This can apply to issues that are immediate, as well as issues that may rear their heads in the years to come.  One must decide, whether or not the stereotypical resolutions are actual pressing problems in their lives, and if it truly is, fix their minds with a determined resolution to resolve said problems within a specific time frame.  

As a personal example, and as a person with cerebral palsy, exercise vital to my physical and mental wellbeing more than the average person.  If I don't focus on these things, I pay an extremely higher day to day cost such as a dramatic increase in fatigue, joint stiffness, as well as a dramatic decrease in overall flexibility and motivation.  Exercise directly contributes to the state of my mental well being as well in the extreme.  As such, I need to have several long term and short term goals.  Now, this may not work for anybody, but for somebody whos happiness and wellbeing depends so heavily on something as simple as walking - these kinds of goals work wonderfully. 

The goals that I make do not all have to be related to exercise, but also to certain hobbies, aspirations, and interests such as my penchant for collecting board games or my love of technology.  If these goals are interconnected with one another, I am much much much more likely to achieve greater results than if I had focused on a singular solitary goal.  I don't know if this is the case for everybody, but regardless you should take a look at where you are and what you want to achieve and what you have control over, and then focus on those things until your resolution is fulfilled.  

Although the things that you don't have control over may be distracting or even downright painful, the don't have to define who you are as a person nor what you do in any situation.  I wish anyone and everyone to have good fortune in their own respective journeys, not just for this year, but every year.  Whatever your situation may be, remember to reach anyways.