The Problem with New Year Resolutions

Getting our finances in shape is the usual suspect when it comes to New Year Resolutions alongside doing something about our weight and maybe relationships, depending on how things pan out in that department. New Year Resolutions have become the butt of jokes due to their notorious failure rate. Very few achieve the goals elegantly laid out in many New Year resolutions. Many have given up altogether without trying to find out why.

You may be wondering what New Year Resolutions go to do with financial independence or a wealth mentality. Many New Year Resolutions involve financial goals, managing your money better, delaying gratification more, and starting investing. There is nothing wrong with these goals. They are quite noble. The challenge is in the person making it, is the person ready for the level of commitment required to make it happen? Does the person have the political will to go through with it? That is the question. That is wherein the challenge lies.

A cocaine addict cannot stop cocaine use by just writing down a goal to stop using the drug. He has to change first and become a nonuser before he can stop on the outside. If a cocaine addict tries to stop, he may last for some days before his identity and withdrawal symptoms kick in and he slides back. The change has to start from the inside before it manifests on the outside. Same with a smoker, he has to become a nonsmoker first. If a smoker tries to stop smoking, he will be counting days and after holding back so long, he will slide back. Same with an alcoholic or any habit you can think of.

The change has to start from the inside. If the inside remains unchanged, trying to change actions is a fruitless venture doomed for failure. Who you are will bring your efforts crashing down to reality. You cannot run away from yourself. You have to change first. This is the problem with New Year Resolutions. An unchanged person is setting goals only a changed person can accomplish. The unchanged person will sabotage the goals, no matter how noble they are.

Are you really serious about achieving the goals you set out to achieve? Then focus on who you need to become to achieve those goals. Work on you. There is no shortcut to success. The folks that have risen to the top are not better than you, they simply know how to focus more on what is really important. Are you tired of unachieved goals and broken dreams? Start working on yourself. Step up you gain. Raise the level of your play, and pretty soon you will move to the upper league. Switch from New Year Resolution to New You Resolution. The rest will soon be history.