Every year, we make new year resolutions and try something new. By the end of the year, we are washed out and wish the year will go away quickly.
Then another year comes and we do the same thing all over again. Isn’t it strange that a year that was welcomed with so much joy and expectations is wished away with as much bad energy?
The fundamentally wrong
On the 31st of December 2022, after all the shouts and jubilation in church, I went home and passed out on my bed. Some hours later I opened my eyes to see the wall clock at exactly 8 am.
The day was bright as usual and that was it. It was the 1st of January 2023 and there was nothing special about it. It was just like every other day of the year. Nothing different. It got me thinking. How exactly did those scientists discover that on a day like this, we move into a new year?
Now I’m not trying to ruin your new year’s joy for you. I’m very joyful myself. But what I learned upon my pondering was that we fail every year, not because we didn’t do much but because we didn’t keep at what we have been doing.
We forget that everything in life grows over time. Every business, adventure, family, children. Every individual grows over time. When we jump from one thing to the other every new year, we kill that ability to grow. The difference between Mark (the founder of Facebook) and you and I is consistency over time (consistency/time).
He kept at what he was doing. It didn’t blossom in a day or two. He didn’t throw it away from his new year resolutions. He kept at it and today, his consistency paid off.
As much as I’ll love to see you make new year’s resolutions, do not throw away the activities of the previous year simply because it hasn’t paid off yet.
The building takes time and you’ll get discouraged half of the time. But don’t stop! But here’s what you can do. that discouragement, think about how you started and how far you’ve come. If that doesn’t encourage you then what else will?
It’s a great year, and you deserve every bit of it. So take a glass my friend and drink to your success! You’ve come this far but you aren’t quite there yet. You will be if you consistently and intentionally keep at it.
Have a great year!!
