Have you started your New Year’s resolutions? May be you have already given up on them.
Here are 3 resolutions that may be keeping you from following your plan.
1. Wrong Goals
You can do anything you set your mind to. Okay, maybe you can. But why do just anything? I am 6 inches from 6 foot, so I probably shouldn’t have the goal of dunking a basketball.
One should choose goals according to their abilities. Now, you may never know what type of abilities you have until you try.
For example, Tony McGurk took up the hobby of drawing web-comics in 2010. As far as I know, he didn’t have this desire before. Did he have the ability? I think from looking at his site that the answer is an obvious yes.
Do you want a successful 2012? Then make sure you don’t choose the wrong goals.
2. Wrong Motives
Let’s say that your goal in 2012 is to earn a ton of money. What is the motive behind this? Is it just so you can impress other people?
That should never be your motive because there is a little secret you ought to know. People don’t care as much as we think they care.
What should be your motive?
To become a better you and to make the world a better place!
When our motive is to impress other people, we are potentially setting ourselves up for failure. This is because our success is in the other person’s control.
Search within yourself and see what your motives are. An honorable motive may be be this: I want to make more money so I can feed starving children in my hometown.
3. Wrong Time
Wrong time? What am I talking about?
You think your life is going to last forever. It’s not. It is fleeting severely quickly.
Remember September 11, 2001? Seems like it was yesterday, right? It wasn’t. It was over 10 years ago!
Time goes by quickly.
My point is this: When setting goals, don’t think in terms of months and years… or even days. Think is terms of hours and minutes.
Do you want to start a new exercise program? If today is Thursday, don’t wait until next Monday because you think it is better to start at the beginning of the week. Start that moment!
Make your life and this world a better place today. There may be no tomorrow… Stinking Mayans!
Do you have any crazy new year’s resolution you have made for 2012? Share below.
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I don’t generally make resolutions but this year I’ve made an exception.
I’ve resolved that in 2012 I’m going to do my best to be a ‘nastier’ person than I am now
No more ‘Mr Nice Guy’. No more making allowances/excuses for other people. In 2012, I’m going to make a serious effort to cut all the assholes out of my life !
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So, your goal is too be really lonely in 2012.
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I did the “cut assholes out of my life” thing quite some time ago. That didn’t mean “no more Ms. Nice Tix.” It just meant that when someone exhibited asshole behavior I dropped responding to them in any way. Never gave anybody the what for, that only works if you are their boss. It means I can’t hold down a day job, but I am certainly not lonely.
I think we should try to give people what they don’t deserve first: Mercy.
Reason being? Because to somebody, we are also an a**hole.
Sometimes though, I do agree. We have to give ourselves the mercy instead. Some people purposefully troll our lives. When this happens, it is best to ignore them.
Ha, the Nike New Years Resolution. Just Do It!
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I love just do it!
In Germany, where I live, their slogan is “Just analyze it to death”
Being an American, this drives me insane!
“I am 6 inches from 6 foot, so I probably shouldn’t have the goal of dunking a basketball.” The key isn’t to change your goals but to change your thinking. No one said you couldn’t lower the net.
bearmancartoons Bearman, I will keep this in mind.
I just install livefyre like two minutes before you commented. If you would have waited just a little bit longer we could have seen your pretty face
bearmancartoons Bearman, I will keep this in mind.
I just install livefyre like two minutes before you commented. If you would have waited just a little bit longer we could have seen your pretty face
Hmm… Did I forget to hit reply?
I have already broken 12 of my resolutions
@frigginloon Well holy crappers loon! Keep you head held high and try again. There are still another 364 days left
My goal is to make 10 billion dollars next month and then buy out all the other webcomics and blogs and shut them down so Wombania is the only one out there and then I can, well, something. I haven’t quite worked that part out.
@Binky I just thank the wombie gods that this is not a web comic!
I wonder what bearman cartoons george ford and the others will say about that.
I think you fall under the “blogs” category.
@Binky Blogs!?
I like to call this a website. And I don’t post posts. They are called scholarly articles.
But really, this is just a blog and I take my proverbial crayon and scribble a post.
@Binky Give me 5 billion and I will help you.
@AddanacCity@Binky I’ll just take 3 billion and I’ll help. I’m not greedy like George.
I’m offering 50 million. I’ve got a lot of people to buy out!
@Binky Hmm.. maybe I should start drawing like you guys
Yeah, I need a good laugh!
Sorry.
@Binky Can you leave mine going please Binky or I’ll have to sit on the lounge with my wife & watch The Batchelor/Batchelorette & the all other crappy reality shows she enjoys while I’m doing my comics.
@Tony McGurk I guess I could make an exception for your comic as long as you keep me supplied with Tasmanian wine gums.
@Binky Looks like it’s a deal. I’ll throw them in the river & you can collect them at the beach in your area in 6-12 months or so
My resolutions will not be televised. Or so I’m told.
@AddanacCity I had to look up the word resolutions to make sure I spelled it right. That was close.
It won’t be on tv? Shucks, I was going to tune in.
I resolve to come up with some better resolutions by next year.
@SpilledInkGuy Better hurry because time is running out. Now I am starting to sound like a going out of business sale commercial.
One day at a time is my only goal. Gave up the ‘resolutions’ years ago. the feeling of failure so many times is far worse on the psyche than living in the moment.
Life is ever-changing, and I’m a roll with the punches kinda gal.
Good advice as always Mel.
@Miss R Thanks for sharing how it works for you Miss R
Thanks for the shout out Mel. The ability was rather lacking to begin with. Feed starving children in my home town??? Are you nuts??? That’s what the Salvation Army is for. I want the money for that new Yamaha XJ6!!! And I did start that new exercise program about 4 weeks ago
@Tony McGurk I wrote this post so long ago that I don’t remember saying anything about feeding starving children. Hmm…