New Year’s Resolutions

I’ve always said New Year’s Resolutions are a set up to fail. And I’ve never understood why people need a change in the calendar year to set new goals for themselves.

I consider myself to be goal oriented – everything from getting more organized, more consistent in actions directly impacting my highest priorities, making time for myself, and waking up every morning thankful that I have the opportunity to live the next several seconds, minutes, hours, and if I’m lucky the opportunity to live the entire day.

My career revolves around calendar deadlines – dates that someone else determined to be standout dates.

Friends and family focus on calendar dates – birthdays, holidays, anniversary’s, big goal accomplished dates.

Then there’s obligation dates – show up for Grandma’s birthday, buy roses and chocolate on Valentines day, wear Green on St Patrick’s Day, celebrate your freedoms on 4th of July.

Why don’t people celebrate every day? Show love on every day? Eat chocolate and buy themselves roses just to make their day more colorful? Wear green because it makes your eyes sparkle? And wake up every morning knowing that a soldier somewhere is responsible for you waking up without bombs going off in your backyard.

Today I told the truth on my Facebook Post –

And then I bought myself roses at Trader Joe’s. Orange roses.
The Meaning of Orange Roses. Orange roses symbolize desire and enthusiasm in a relationship with their warm, vibrant tone. The color represents a unique energy that no other color encompasses. The color orange itself is said to stimulate action, which coincides with the enthusiasm, excitement, and desire of the orange rose.

Forget New Year’s Resolutions and make everyday a ‘goal accomplished’ day. Period. No comma