{"id":14546,"date":"2015-01-11T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=14546"},"modified":"2015-01-11T10:11:02","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T15:11:02","slug":"maybe-its-time-to-resolve-to-resolve-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=14546","title":{"rendered":"Maybe it’s time to resolve to resolve nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Could ‘letting go’ be the best way to make changes?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Kelly Hockenberry<\/strong><\/span>, Columnist, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"UTKellyColumn<\/a>The YMCA is a madhouse. For the next two weeks (or so) the parking lot is jammed with all of\u00a0the 2015 New Year\u2019s Resolutions it can accommodate. Annoying? Yes. But, I am sympathetic\u00a0to the cause.<\/p>\n

I have written in the past about my attempts to \u201creinvent\u201d myself every January: drink more\u00a0water, don\u2019t pick at my fingernails, eat two cookies (not five) at a sitting….the basics. There was\u00a0a fleeting moment in my younger days to try to be REALLY transformative: stop procrastinating,\u00a0live in the moment, don\u2019t sweat the small stuff, yadda, yadda, yadda.<\/p>\n

None of it mattered. I was a failure by February 1st, without question.<\/p>\n

So, in light of it all, I have decided that 2015 will be (in honor of George Costanza) OPPOSITE\u00a0YEAR! Based on one of my favorite Seinfeld episodes, \u201cif every instinct I have is wrong, the\u00a0opposite must be right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perhaps if I adamantly refuse to declare a resolution, I will finally be successful in my attempt\u00a0to be less neurotic (which is the underlying theme of all of my bad habits) Croissant for\u00a0breakfast? Yes! Day off from Spin class? Why not? Wait until I am inspired to do my grad school\u00a0homework? Sign me up! (OK, maybe not that one)<\/p>\n

I have read many articles touting the benefits of \u201cletting go.\u201d Theories that when you alleviate\u00a0yourself from the pressures and boundaries of self-imposed restrictions that you can finally\u00a0open yourself up to real change. Psycho-babble? Perhaps. (I\u2019m only approaching day 2 of my\u00a0Master\u2019s degree so I can\u2019t speak with authority). But, it\u2019s worth a try, don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n

Do YOU make resolutions? If so, what are they and have you had any success keeping them?<\/p>\n

Please, share in the Comment section below!<\/p>\n

Happy Weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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