What about your intentions?
- The list is there, the only thing missing is stamina.7%
- Can someone pass me the bag of chips?36%
- I don't need anything like that. What I want, I can also achieve that way.57%
The competition has ended.
New Year's resolution - The trap we set for ourselves
3.1.2019
Translation: machine translated
Every year at the beginning of January, the vicious circle of hope and disappointment comes full circle. Time to break it.
I don't like them, New Year's resolutions. And yet a handwritten sheet of paper with the title "Goals for 2019" is clearly visible on my photo wall at home. There is hope in every letter. Hope that will give way to frustration by February at the latest. In addition to the usual clichéd resolutions such as doing more sport and eating less chocolate, I've also written down a few points for this year that will benefit the environment, my bank account and my mental development: meditate more, read, save money, say no and produce less waste, ban microplastics from my skincare routine and so on. The more there is to achieve, the greater the risk of disappointing myself. But that doesn't stop me from setting myself more and more goals every year. Probably because my subconscious knows that I'm not getting any younger and that time is running out. But why am I actually doing this to myself and why are new beginnings and life changes seemingly more bearable for us at the start of the year?
I think it's right to set goals. They give my life a rough direction. A kind of common thread that I can use to guide my actions and decisions. But what if I don't realise many of my plans or achieve my goals - as I do almost every year? Were they too unrealistic or was I not disciplined enough? And what if it's always the same resolutions that fall by the wayside? In my eyes, the biggest problem is that the time horizon of one year is too broad and a change is rarely achieved overnight. I give in to temptation too quickly because I still have many months ahead of me to iron out my mistakes. And before I know it, it's December again and I'm hopefully standing there with a fresh sheet of paper and a pen.
Maybe I should only make one resolution in future: To take opportunities during the year in small steps and to shape my goals regardless of the years that pass. Because a new beginning is possible every day, every hour and every moment. You just have to want it...
Natalie Hemengül
Senior Editor
Natalie.Hemenguel@digitecgalaxus.chAs a massive Disney fan, I see the world through rose-tinted glasses. I worship series from the 90s and consider mermaids a religion. When I’m not dancing in glitter rain, I’m either hanging out at pyjama parties or sitting at my make-up table. P.S. I love you, bacon, garlic and onions.
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