The saddest kind of New Year’s resolutions are those that are repeated from one year to the next. They point either to stagnation and lack of personal growth or to accepting goals because they are socially approved and not because they are relevant to one’s life.
Goals need to change dramatically from one year to the next. I used to have a lot of goals aimed at increasing my academic productivity. But that problem has been solved. I’m now more productive than what I could ever imagine being and can move on to other goals.
I have no goals for 2016 because I’m planning to change my life completely and live in a way I never had before. Obviously, I can’t set goals for the unknown. But when I do go back to goal-setting in 2017, the goals will be new and fresh instead of stale and repetitive.
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