New Year's Resolutions kind of stink

Now hang on.

I'm not trying to be hater, truly. As a health educator graduate, I am ALL for someone trying to better their life in 2014, really. I support and would help anyone with any goals they want to set to be healthier and happier in the New Year. But, here are three reasons to explain what I'm trying to say.

Reason 1: Acute and temporary

  I'm just not in full throttle of NYR's because they fade, quickly. This picture explains it well:

I laughed endlessly when I saw this.

Now, if I could add one more caption to this picture, it would be a copy-paste of "Gym in December" underneath it and I would replace December with February.

It's like we walk into a New Year fired up as ever to better something in our life and not even a month later, we're back to our regular, mundane life. Whether it's for fitness, spirituality, or whatever goal we set. We go hard for a couple weeks, then it's like we run out of fuel and slow down. Next thing you know, three months go by and we haven't pursued or faught for that goal.

Reason 2: What about the rest of the year?

Nothing is stopping you from bettering your life every single day all year round. Why wait for January when A: It may not come, and B: You could start in July, be that much more ahead, and have bigger and better goals for the coming year?

The idea is to constantly be growing and aspiring new dreams and goals. Don't put it off for a new year. What's stopping you other than yourself at being the best you can be on a regular basis?

Reason 3: Too selfish

Obviously everyone is out to do better for themselves. That's fine and dandy, however, I have a problem with that.

We get so caught up looking in the mirror, that we forget the imagines around us.

So many people are hurting out there, what can we do to walk into a new year helping others more? What can I do in 2014 to share my talents and gifts with others more often? How can I volunteer some time where it's needed?

Like I said, I'm all about an individual bettering their life, but let us not forget the importance of others, too. Let's help each other reach new goals. Let's share our love and encouragement to those who are trying to be better. Sometimes, we can be the shove one needs to reach a goal. So, don't get too caught up in self-goals. Sometimes helping others ends up helping yourself. Keep thought of the big picture at hand.


Stay blessed going into the new year. Set big goals and keep dreaming and aspiring all year long. Remember, growth happens on a daily basis. Don't be complacent or satisfied. Work at life every single day.Be the best you can be every day. Smile huge and shine bright, regularly.

Picture quote of the day:

Hello and welcome

First off, a sneak tiny peek at the introduction to my book:

".......Why are we alive? Are we here to exist or to truly live? Why do bad things happen to good people? Why does it seem like evil prevails? Why do people hurt the ones they love? Why does it feel like God isn’t answering me? Why do I feel so alone at times in such a big world? Why aren’t things fair? Why am I not happy? Why me? Why now? 

A thousand “whys” later, we’ve buried ourselves in a pit of sorrow and frustrations. Then, twenty years go by (because we know how fast time ticks on) and we're no further than we were before. Still struggling emotionally, financially, spiritually, etc. Playing the "blame game" as if it's somebody Else's fault and not ours.

Well, if only we sought and thirsted for answers half as much as we do for these questions, they wouldn’t be questions at all, but rather insights to explain this journey we call life. A disastrously beautiful adventure. A personal quest in seeking purpose and passion!

The most marveling moment I’ve experienced and continue to experience as you read this book is what I call “reversal philosophy”. Transforming these questions into ‘Why am I so blessed?’ "What can I do to better the world?" "Who can I lend my talents and strengths to?" "How many smiles can I give to a stranger today?" ......"

My 2014 goal is to start, edit, finish, and beginning the publishing process of this book, finally. There isn't a week that goes by that someone doesn't mention something about me writing a book.

On to the blog,

What's it going to be about?

Simple answer: Life

Complex answer: A multidimensional, multi-faceted approach to understand the entire spectrum of life and how our part pans out in it all. To seek, know, thrive for wisdom and understand how to bring out our best possible self and truly live life how it's meant to be lived. Victoriously.

The topics will be wide and far. I'll be covering anything from sports or how to be a man and wear flannels, all the way to divinity and why I think Christianity and belief in God is vital and explains a lot about our time here. My goal is to reach out to a huge crowd of people and thrive off reader interaction.

Basically, we're both in for a ride.

I promise to:

• Deliver quality, regular content so long as I have a sound reader base on the blog. The more people are reading and commenting, the more I'll blog.
  
• Keep posts based on quality over quantity. I'll save the expansive reading for my book. My posts shouldn't take more than 3-5 minutes to read. It'll just be elaborated facebook statuses (as many of you have read.)
• Help impact your life in some way or another. I'm not going to change it or be a saving grace. I believe that's up to a power beyond me. But I'll do my part the best that I can to ignite the spark in your heart.
• Balance seriousness and humor. Captive readers with deep, meaningful topics while also throwing in humor to keep things interesting.
• Listen to, interact with, and take serious any and all readers thoughts and comments. You guys are the gasoline to this engine. I'm not blogging or writing for me, it's for you.

So stand by for my first post which will be about New Years and the concept of resolutions...and why I think they're both great and terrible!

Question of the day: What's a topic you would like to see me write on in the near future?

Picture quote of the day: