The New Year always brings about resolutions, and promises
to do better. We vow to make changes for
the things we do not like. We find ourselves determined to lose weight, eat
right, make better decisions, and save money.
All these things are good.
However, by February, we tend to have forgotten about all the empty
promises made on January 1st
Bookstores gain profits, gyms gain memberships, companies
selling exercise fads gain as well. Oftentimes by March, the books have dust on
them, the gym memberships are going to waste, and the exercise equipment has
become a clothes rack. Why?
Though we have good intentions, we have little or no follow
through. Discipline is required to make lifelong
changes. You didn’t just gain fifty pounds
in one day, therefore, those pounds will not come off in a week. Most likely your finances did not go down the
drain in one day, but this happened because of a series of bad monetary
decisions. So, it is safe to say it will
take more than a month to recover from all these bad decisions.
Though you can ruin your credit without a plan, you can gain
one hundred plans without a plan, and you make horrible decisions without a
plan, you cannot get out of debt without a plan, nor can you lose weight without
a plan, and you cannot make the best decisions for yourself without a
plan.
So, take time to plan your next move. If you are determined to do better, plan to
do better, and stick to the plan.
Don’t let this year look so similar to last year that you
can’t tell the difference.
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