Charles Oputa, Popularly known as charlie boy, has told the public what New year Resolution is all about.. He also has some pieces of advice for everyone and warning for the young ones..
"Make una take clear eyes dey enter this year, as country keep face so, we must serious o.
This is our year, boys and girls…if we get busy sha. No long tin!!”
Read it below...
“It seems like it’s a few seconds ago that we all
exchanged HAPPY NEW YEAR pleasantries, amidst fireworks and all we did
with it, armed with different new year resolutions.
Like play, January is winding up, or is it down?
My guy, how many times have you made New Year resolutions that you didn’t keep?
People
make New Year resolutions because it brings hope for the future.
Everyone starts the New Year with good intentions of making right the
things that went wrong in the previous year. It is a way of setting a
personal goal or target and whether we can achieve them or not, it gives
us something to look forward to, and work on (hopefully).
Many
of us may not know this but the tradition of New Year’s resolutions
dates all the way back to 153 B.C. The month of January is named after
Janus, a mythical god of early Rome. Janus had two faces — one looking
forward, one looking backward.
This
allowed him to look back on the past and forward toward the future. On
December 31, the Romans imagined Janus looking backward into the old
year and forward into the New Year. This became a symbolic time for
Romans to make resolutions for the New Year and forgive enemies for
troubles in the past. And thus the New Year’s resolution was born! Till
date we keep that tradition of reflecting on our past and trying to
improve our future.
For me, as long as I keep striving for my today
to be better than my yesterday, every day is my new year or should I
say, my new day and am resolved in becoming a much better person today
than I was yesterday.
I can’t stop always wanting to smell better, be wiser, and make better decisions; so it is continuous work in progress.
A lot of people make New Year resolutions, some are able to achieve it and others fall back on the same old habits and stuff.
We
all have our shortcomings, don’t get me wrong. There is nothing wrong
with having a list of goals written down somewhere or a mental note
you’ve made in your mind. While it’s good and also important to have
something to strive for within the next 12 months, goal-setting has its
limitations and we must understand that in order not to put unnecessary
pressure on ourselves especially when we fail to achieve those goals.
I
believe that the best way to make and achieve New Year resolutions is
by taking a holistic look at our lives: finances, health, relationships,
spirituality, etc.
We need to discover what tools and techniques each one of us individually needs to achieve set targets.
It
is also extremely important to set your own goals and not your
neighbour’s or your friend’s. If your goal is not realistic it can NEVER
be achievable. How do you set a ‘fly’ goal when you have not even
started to crawl, stand, walk or run? One steady, calculated step at a
time is it, not ten ruff shoddy ones that lead nowhere or even fall you
down thereby feeling a sense of failure which consequently makes people
resign to fate.
I remember when I was
trying to quit smoking, and every time I made the new year resolution to
stop, I failed until I began to reset my mind and instead of making new
year resolutions, I started making New Life resolution each and every
day and that has helped me achieve my targets. Am beating my nicotine
habit, am not there yet, but am on my way as that’s the only vice I
really have.
The key to successful goal-making is not to be
hasty when you do it. Make resolutions you’ve thought through and are
willing to dedicate your time and energy to it. Abeg, don’t make
resolution after coming from a party, or after getting high. E no go
work o. If you’re not 100 percent committed to your goal, the
possibility of staying motivated is not in your favor.
Make una take clear eyes dey enter this year, as country keep face so, we must serious o.
This is our year, boys and girls…if we get busy sha. No long tin!!”
No comments:
Post a Comment