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Same Old Shit (Ritual), Just A Different Day (New Year’s)
The best new year’s resolution is not to have one in the first place.
Let’s be real: millions of Americans are only interested in using the excitement of another year to achieve a goal quickly so that they can quietly resume the self-sabotaging habits that will force them to repeat the same resolutions the following year! It’s like repeating the 4th grade every single school year!
This is why traditions such as Dry January, 75 Hard, No Nut November, and even Lent are so popular. They are short-lived and require short-term sacrifices, plus having likeminded people around to hold you accountable makes things easier while you are suffering.
Don’t get me wrong: community can be a beautiful thing. But from personal experience and from my observations I can attest that if a goal requires you to seek out likeminded people for support and motivation it may not be sustainable. There is very little community involved in making sacrifices over a prolonged period of time. Why? Because most of the fucking community would have quit already!
Most people love signing up for 30-day challenges to feed on the short bursts of motivation they receive from others because the pains of loneliness and boredom that naturally follow a prolonged time frame can be too much. So recycling the same new…
