I don't believe in New Year's Resolutions. I believe in memes.

[drakyndra]

Everyone else on my flist seems to be posting all their resolutions. Well, just to buck the trend, I won't.

Because personally, I think New Year's Resolutions are a stupid idea. If you want to change your life, why wait for a new year? Change now.

Change because you want to, not because everyone else is, or it is the done thing, or you feel you ought to. It doesn't take a new year to start a new life.

So, instead of ye olde cliche, I bring on a few memes.

Which are equally cliche, but mean about as much in the long term.



*looks at the current world's population* You must have a lot of frustration then.

What pisses you off?

Created by ptocheia

Wow. As memes go, that one is surprisingly accurate.

And, one I gacked from misscam:
Don't you think Bush looks tired?

(If you get it, spread it around)

And my specially altered variation:
Don't you think Howard looks tired?

Yep, spread that one too.

Oh, and courtesy of misscam's prediction Daleks for 2006, this is what my year shall bring:
"In 2006 drakyndra will have an unfortunate accident involving a Doctor Who action figure, John Howard's car and a vat of glittery pink haircolour. The incident will make BBC's 'In Other News' and spawn a whole new line of Aussie jokes involving John Howard action. The rest of the year, drakyndra will spend all the money earned on interview rights on a ridiculous amount of Doctor Who stuff and exprimental haircare."

Comments

[vass]

Change because you want to, not because everyone else is, or it is the done thing, or you feel you ought to. It doesn't take a new year to start a new life.

Not everyone makes new year's resolutions for the same reasons.

Here are some other possibilities:
- it takes time to make a change. It takes time to prepare for a life-change, too. Particularly with giving things up, it can be good to have a tapering-off period followed by a definite cut-off date.
- if you want to do things for a particular amount of time, it's good to have a memorable date
- lots of people don't have a particular thing they want to do, so much as they want a project to work on during the year
- for the people who do take new year's resolutions seriously as a real prompt for change, doing it at the same time means they have support and company. That's not nothing.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know why people do them, I get the logic behind it and all. I just think it's way over hyped and all.

Other people can make all the resolutions they want, but you won't see make anything coming from me.