I never make a new year乌鸦传媒檚 resolution.
Why? It乌鸦传媒檚 as simple as the fact I know I won乌鸦传媒檛 keep it. Not making one in the first place saves me from future disappointment and the feeling of failure.
It乌鸦传媒檚 not that there aren乌鸦传媒檛 things I乌鸦传媒檇 like to resolve to do. I have books I want to read, hiking trails I want to traverse and snowboard tricks I want to learn.
Unfortunately for me, the turn of the year will not magically bring me any more time or energy. I乌鸦传媒檒l still be working 40 hours a week and trying in vain to keep up with chores and errands.
In all likelihood, my books will remain unopened, new hiking trails will not be the recipient of my footprints and I乌鸦传媒檇 be immeasurably stoked to learn a board slide, let alone a 360.
If this all seems depressing to you, well, it is. But it also isn乌鸦传媒檛, because I乌鸦传媒檓 going to work hard to prove myself wrong.
One of the most unfortunate lessons I have learned during my 23 rotations around the sun is that making improvements to my life takes time and dedication. Lame, right?
I learned that the hard way in my efforts to overcome my then-awful Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) that pretty-well ruined two years of my late teens. Seeing a therapist, getting a prescription and getting back into the outside world doing things I love proved to be immensely difficult. It also gave me perspective.
I didn乌鸦传媒檛 beat that overnight. In fact, something like that never really goes away; it just became manageable thanks to my efforts.
Applying that logic to my everyday life (in which I think about action sports 24/7), I乌鸦传媒檓 not going to learn a board slide overnight. I also probably won乌鸦传媒檛 ever learn every trick I want to 乌鸦传媒� and that乌鸦传媒檚 okay.
I reckon I乌鸦传媒檓 one of the world乌鸦传媒檚 strongest advocates for telling people not to beat themselves up and celebrating the small victories in everyday life.
So if you乌鸦传媒檙e fed up with new year乌鸦传媒檚 resolutions, join me in just trying to do your best instead.
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