To All the Fighters of 2014

Hello blogger peeps. Happy New Year!

By this time, you will probably one of three types of people.

Person 1: You’re still listing/deciding on your new year’s resolution

Person 2: You’ve already made your new year’s resolution and you are now in the process of accomplishing it

Person 3: You didn’t make a new year’s resolution and you don’t plan on doing so

For Person 1, 2, and 3, please listen to “The Fighter” by Gym Class Heroes (feat. Ryan Tedder) as you read the rest of this entry.

Game? OK, here we go.

Dear Person 1,

Take your time. Make sure the things you want to accomplish have one common end game: happiness.

You can say you want to be more organized, you want to lose weight, you want that 6 pack, you want to be better at your job, you want travel, you want to try new things, etc.  All those things are fine, but if it wont make you happy in the end, it’s USELESS.

When you write down a goal on a piece of paper (or on some app you kids downloaded), ask yourself: “Will this make me happy?”

If it doesn’t, ditch it. If it does, write down WHY. Next list HOW you’re going to achieve this goal.

After all is said and done, FIGHT ON for your happiness.

Dear Person 2,

By this time I hope you are on your way to achieving your goal. Check back here in February and see if you’re still on course. If you’re not, ask yourself what happened. Identified what went wrong, address it, fix it. Don’t be in denial.

If this goal of yours will make you happy when you achieve it, isn’t it worth fixing? Keep at it. Ignore the nay-sayers (and yes this might include yourself).

Most of the conflict/hurdle is internal. Don’t be so hard on yourself. So what if you had a donut while you were on your diet? Address it and then adjust your diet. Don’t give up just because you got off track. Make that mistake, adjust, then carry on. No biggie.

After all is said and done, FIGHT ON for your happiness and the sweet taste of achievement.

Dear Person 3,

Hi. So you’re one of those people who decided that they don’t need a New Year’s resolution to make a change. Good for you. Props.

You are either content with yourself or live everyday like it's January 1st. I envy you.

Now if you’re one of those people who don’t really want to bother improving yourself or the world, well dear, that’s a very really shitty way to live your life.

You get ONE life. This is it! One chance. Make the best of it. We should all aim to improve ourselves and our environment everyday. Not only is it the “good” thing to do, but it also makes you feel good. It will make you happy. TRUST ME ON THIS! If anything, accomplishing goals will give you bragging rights. Sounds awesome right?

After all is said and done, FIGHT ON trying to better your one life. You have so much to give and experience. STOP BEING BORED AND BORING!

Remember that living life is not the same as existing.

And that's all I have to say about that. 

Good luck with all your goals for 2014. Keep us posted.