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New Year’s Resolutions Poll

 

I don’t do resolutions anymore.

I used to, but they never stuck, and they made me feel icky.

Eventually, I realized that making resolutions did one of two (bad) things for me:
 

1) Enshrine a “should”

Some resolutions were things that I felt I “should” be doing, instead of my own authentic desires.

2) Turned a “want” into a “should”

Some resolutions were things that I really did want, but turning them into resolutions changed their role in my life. Instead of working towards them because I wanted to, I was working towards them because I had committed to. And that just sucked all the love out of them.
 

But that’s not true for everybody.

Some people have much more positive experiences with resolutions than I do.
 

The results are in:

 

 

Your Turn:

This poll is closed, but the discussion doesn’t have to end!

Why do/don’t you make resolutions?

What are your goals, wishes, and hopes for 2013?
(Whether or not you make them into resolutions.)

Share your thoughts in the comments.
 
 

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