256 sats \ 6 replies \ @siggy47 1 Jan \ on: Stacker Saloon
Happy New Year everybody. I usually accomplish only a few things on my list, and that's okay. My reach exceeds my grasp.
Every day can be the start of a new year :)
Update: I don't want to pick a fight (okay, I not only want to pick a fight, lol) but saying "In the new year, I will do X" is already the first mistake people do when trying to change their lives.
Changing your life does not depend on a random date. It only depends on you. You can start changing your life right now if you would really want to.
And similar to what Elliot mentioned here at the end, if we think about it and if we're honest with ourselves, we realize that's painful but true, lol :)
Doesn't mean you can't be successful if you pick a specific date on which you start though. I would say it's just less likely you'll have long-term success.
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There's a lot of power, for a lot of people, in significant dates, in mustering their efforts. You may be able to start changing your life right now if you really want to, but most people find it easier to really want to at the cusp of some other change, or in reaction to it.
I am un-ironically pro New Year's Resolutions.
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January is named after Janus: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Janus-Roman-god
Janus, in Roman religion, the animistic spirit of doorways (januae) and archways (jani). Janus and the nymph Camasene were the parents of Tiberinus, whose death in or by the river Albula caused it to be renamed Tiber.
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