Each year many of us feel obligated to set goals for the new year to come. I’ve found that New Year’s Resolutions fall under the same workings as dating. There’s the exception and the rule. We all set resolutions or various goals that we keep at the forefront of our thoughts for at least the first two to three weeks of the year. However, after the first couple of weeks, life takes over and the goals and resolutions that were so adamantly set into place quickly fade away. This is essentially “The Rule.” Then there are those “go-getters” who lose 50 pounds in the year, encounter life changing self-realizations, and become better people. They constitute as “The Exceptions.” Whether or not you want to follow the rules this year or be an exception is up to you. Despite all the craziness of the New Year’s Resolutions craze, it can’t hurt to step back and giggle at the conformities that follow the beginning of each New Year.
1) Losing weight and getting into shape
2) Who doesn’t just want to be a better person?
3) Being more optimistic about the year ahead
4) The more “unique” resolutions
5) For those with a more cynical approach to the New Year