New Year's Resolutions

I used to make New Year’s Resolutions, but I don’t anymore. I’ve never done a good job at keeping them, and that makes me feel like a failure when I break them….SO…..I realized that if I don’t make one, then I don’t have to watch myself fail again. I know that we are supposed to set goals for ourselves in life. At least that’s what all the “self-help” books tell you. I’m starting to think that maybe in our obsession for being better at everything, we set ourselves up for failure. Have you noticed that the more you see people buying up books on how to have a bigger/better life, the more you see anti-depressants being consumed? Seriously. I think there is a connection. I think that we push ourselves WAY too much sometimes. I know that I have been guilty of that. What we used to consider “over-achieving” is now our culture’s view of just “achieving”. AND with the internet and all the social networks available to us, we can easily compare our lives to others. I just started “twittering”. There are definitely some “pros” to it, but a lot of “cons” as well. As you read the little snippets of your friends lives, it’s easy to feel inadequate. Someone is exercising more than you. Someone is eating better than you. Someone is having more fun than you. Someone is buying more things than you. Someone is happier today than you…. The list goes on and on and on. Is it healthy? Seriously. And does it make us too self-absorbed? AND is it taking the place of one-on-one physical connections? All this is stuff I’m pondering as I sit here in my pj’s watching football. Do I set big goals for next year? … or do I just relax and see what comes naturally for me. Maybe my goal should be to just get up each day and do the best I can with what that day brings, then let God handle the rest. Some days it may just be laundry. Some days it might be writing a song. Some days it may be spending time with friends or family. Some days it may be performing. Or some days it may be laying around in my pj’s. Our preacher said one time, “If you try to control the outcome of everything, then you are doing God’s job.”

Okay, so maybe I will make a New Year’s Resolution. To just do my best and then get out of God’s way and let Him do His job. That's a SCARY one for a control freak like me! LOL Wish me luck!!... and good luck to all of you with your New Year's Resolutions.