I am not one that believes on New Year's Resolution (NYR). For me, it's one of the world's most sacred phrases that have been taken for granted. Who started it anyway? Thank God, I'm now way passed my Formal and Informal Theme writing years. Perhaps requiring students to write about it is a band-aid remedy by English teachers who were not able to prepare a lesson plan during the long break. It's like a topic of last resort between two bored friends in a coffee shop. It comes handy when there's nothing else interesting to talk about. Or has it become a force of habit? I think the very reason that I am not liking it is that it was being imposed on me since I started writing my ABCs in school. Like a bitter pill stuck into my throat, I was not given the chance to decide whether I'd like to taste it or not. Meaning, every year in all my years of learning I was made to come up with New Year's resolutions because the English teacher required it. Whether, I meant it or not, it didn't matter. Whether there were genuine resolutions that took place, nobody cared to know. I have yet to hear people claiming to owe their life's successes to the NYR habit, among other factors.
Don't get wrong. I am not totally against NYR. I am for its real intent. As a commitment for reform of one or more aspects of self, NYR is a sacred thing. If taken seriously, one NYR to another leads to the actualization of one's highest potential. It brings nothing but goodness.
Through the years, I've been pessimistic about it until recently. Since it's 2011, I've decided to give NYR a chance for a change. I will only make one resolution and try hard to keep at it.
So I hereby resolve to practice writing by typing my random thoughts for at least 30 minutes daily! I hope that by doing so, I'm able to keep my passion for writing burning. It is my dream to write a piece of work
that may bring goodwill to others and perhaps, world peace (I thank you).
My 30-minute writing practice for the day is up. Let me now put the cursor to rest.
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
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