Many a New Years’ resolution have died on the vine for the simple reason that I’ve ceased to revisit them after sometime and I strongly suspect I’m not alone.
I remain excited about this New Years’ resolution to make choices about my time, energy, and attention as if 2025 were my last year of life, and yet I remain vigilant to the fact that we are only 12 days into the new Roman calendar year and to the possibility that in a few weeks or months time this resolution may very well suffer the same fate as other well-intended resolutions of yesteryear.
To prevent this , I’ve thought about a variety of counter measures — some more practical than others:
- Get it tattooed on my arm (later deemed… a bit much)
- Printing a massive poster with this resolution written out
- Journaling about it weekly
The idea behind all of these measures is to keep it top-of-mind so that I’m to apply the framework when making day-to-day decisions.
In much the same way to have a thought hardly guarantees we’ll remember it, declaring to change in one instant is hardly sufficient to ensure that anything actually comes of it.
Don’t underestimate the importance of deliberately revisiting your resolutions on a frequent basis, through whatever mechanism works best for you.
This is what gives your most important ideas buoyancy, helping them stay top of mind.
