New Year 2060 resolutions and dissolutions

It is very human to feel the ‘resolution urge’ on New Year’s Eve even if the resolutions made are not going to go unbroken further than the New Year’s day. People usually cannot stay committed to them because those resolutions are often unreasonable

Are you still keeping the New Year (2003) resolutions you made according to the English calendar or have they already become New Year’s dissolutions? Those who go by the English calendar as well as the Nepali are a bunch of lucky lots. They have two occasions to celebrate and mend their resolutions in case they’ve broken the ones they made on 1st of January again in April(during the Nepali New Year).

Whether it be Roman calendar or Nepali calendar, New Year in all kinds of calendars ushers in a sense of renewal and revival. Every hour, week and day of the new year are completely different from that of the previous year. One sets on a journey to a new set of hope, joys and experiences. New Year is a totally unknown territory. One does not know what it has in store for him. And there is a common belief among people that what a person does on the first day of the New Year will have an effect throughout the entire year. Thus people try to live right and stick to resolutions they make to bring positive change in their life on the first day of the brand new year. But there are some people who do not find anything about their life that they would want to change. And New Year resolutions hold no significance for such people.

It is very human to feel the ‘resolution urge’ on New Year’s Eve even if the resolutions made are not going to go unbroken further than the New Year’s day. People usually cannot stay committed to them because those resolutions are often unreasonable. Common resolutions that people make like giving up cigarettes and alcohol and undesirable habits like laziness, gambling are difficult to stick to. It is easier to adopt good habits than leave behind the bad ones abruptly. One can set a target of a short period and commit to this period at first and then go on increasing the time span. If one sets demanding resolutions, he only ends up breaking them in days or weeks. Choosing reasonable resolutions is a way of ensuring that one keeps them. And fewer the resolutions, easier to keep.

Today is the last day of the year 2060 BS. The day for reflection and review of the resolutions you made for the year 2059 and see how true you’ve remained to them. Maybe you need to make your resolutions simpler and more realistic for the year 2060 or make stronger, more difficult ones. May you have a successful year ahead!

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