Thoughts on Goals, Perspective and Inaction

Hope you enjoyed the end of 2022 and had a fantastic start of the year.

We often hear “new year, new me”, which comes with a bundle of good resolutions and goals to achieve, but for some of us, it can appear silly.

After all, nothing truly changes from the 31st of December to the 1st of January, so why make a big fuss about it?

What’s the point in making promises to ourselves that we won’t be able to keep?

What’s the point in aiming for changes that we can’t make realities?

Are we just trading time and effort for disappointment and a big bag of nothing?

Our disenchantment can be traced back to the previous years as we did challenge ourselves with new goals but fell short. And like a child who burnt herself touching a cooktop, we decide it is best not to use it at all. We would rather deprive ourselves of hot meals than risk injuring ourselves again.

When we look back and realise we didn’t achieve what we wanted, it leaves us with a bitter taste. We see our investment as wasted and teach ourselves that failure has a cost.

Fearing losing again, we often believe we are better off doing nothing. But the reality is that the cost of inaction often far exceeds the cost of failure.