Having new year’s resolutions can actually be considered a form of procrastination.  Why do we have to wait for a new year to make these goals and achieve them?  To start losing weight, stop smoking, stop procrastinating, save money, etc. can always be done anytime of the year.  The start of the year is just an excuse for us to procrastinate.  If your new year’s resolution is to start losing weight, wouldn’t it be better to start before the holidays?  That way, you can already control your diet when the holiday comes given that there would be more celebrations or get-togethers.

If we have something to change in ourselves, i.e. getting rid of bad habits, let’s not wait for the new year to come.  New year may be an opportunity for us to change but let us remember that it can also be a form of procrastination – which in essence is already a bad habit.

Even if we say that our new year’s resolution is to have these goals already achieved, the thing is that we’ll have an excuse to achieve these goals by the end of the year – just before the new year – although we can actually achieve it earlier.

There is nothing wrong with the new year’s resolution thing.  It could be fun actually.  But some of us make it a reason to procrastinate; to make an excuse not to achieve their goals.