Best time to make resolutions for the New Year

The current year is about to end and the New Year is about to enter in our lives with a bang. It's the best time to press the reset button of our lives to get rid of bad habits and start something new and wonderful. By the way, the clock of time keeps on moving at its own pace. But as soon as the yearly calendar changes, everything seems to have changed. As if the previous train left the station and a new train is standing on the platforms to take us to the new destination. It is the last week of the passing year and what better time to move ahead with full enthusiasm with new resolutions. The best way to make your New Year's resolutions come true is to choose one goal at a time, work towards it patiently, reshape your working style, and always remember that "change isn't a one-night show”. Change happens slowly and it takes a long time to mature the things or thoughts. It is an ongoing process that happens every day.

Every New Year, people start thinking about creating a better edition of them. New Year is a time of new beginnings, new resolutions and new dreams. With the passing of a year, the speed of the old resolutions gets down, everything seems decreasing, as if the engine is exhausted, or something is missing. In such a situation, the New Year comes like a reset button, a new beginning. Abraham Lincoln once said – “Always keep in mind that your own determination to be successful is more important than anything else.” We can give direction to our great resolve by taking one small step every day. Keep noting down your everyday progress in a diary and give yourself some rewards when you reach a certain point. This keeps the excitement going and the engine doesn't goes down.

The year 2021 was a wretched year to say, but this year has also taught many important lessons to all of us. For example, it told us the importance of health, family, relations, saving money and building a support system. It taught us that one should live in the present moment, because nothing is certain about the future. Everything in the world and in life is temporary, nothing is forever. It also taught a lot about kindness, about living together, helping each other, seeking help from each other, and about being kind. Even new age kids who couldn't think ahead of pizza and burger, learned that natural living, Ayurveda and centuries-old Indian food have power. To build immunity, one has to rely only on coarse grains, vegetables and fruits. Vegetarian food is the main diet of human beings. Killing and eating animals is not a real human behaviour. It also explained the increasing pressure on the Earth's atmosphere and the importance of water, forest, land and wild animals and birds. The year told us that health is the real wealth. Therefore, make a resolution not to eat junk food for the next year. You can plan a trip to natural places. You can start saving money for your future needs and emergencies. You can work on a plan to spend more time with your family.

(Narvijay Yadav is a senior journalist & columnist)