Success or Failure?

Well, it's been a week now. Have you given up on your New Year's resolutions yet?

I haven't begun mine yet. I thought I would try something new this time around. I decided to make a list of things I wanted to accomplish. The catch is this: I add it to the list when the task is done. That way I know that everything on my list is done. It gives me a sense of accomplishment and confidence to move on.

You may think this is cheating. Maybe so. But think about it. It has its value. when was the last time you could tell yourself that everything you had put on your list was completed?

In the short term, I suppose it could be considered unethical. But in the long term, with myriad additions to the list, a real sense of accomplishment can be savored rather than that feeling of dismal failure in not completing one thing.

We won't complete everything we want to do. We won't even attempt some things. The true failure isn't that we do not succeed in attaining our goals. True failure occurs when we just don't try.

For me... I will try many things this year. Stay tuned...