Reflections and Resolution 2012

Reflect: I hadn't really thought about the past year and resolutions when New Year's came around. I guess I'm not huge on the thought of having to write 13 instead of 12 on all my papers(that's going to take some getting used to). I started to think back to the beginning of 2012, and it crossed my mind that the year started way before the first day of high school(which for me is my own personal New Years). I realized the start of 2012 was when I was halfway through 8th grade. It seems like ages since I've walked those halls and attended Rogate. Since then, I supposed I've learned more about myself. I've discovered that I'm a huge procrastinator and that I spent (still do) too much time on the computer rather than outside. I also have seen a change in what I like. For instance, for a good chunk of the last half of 2012 I began to get into books again. I've made some new friends, lost some old. Most importantly, I've started to look at the world through different perspectives. Realizing there's more to life than just the small town of Mansfield. I've spent hours thinking about my future and others and the little things in life that make it so much better. Right now your reading my post but somewhere across the world, great things are happening. I've learned this year that bad things happen(obviously) but we should always focus on the good. Like I may be regretting procrastinating right now because its like 10:30 and I still have tons of homework to do but somewhere out there a newborn is crying and at the same time a couple is breaking up  while another is confessing their love. Its important not to get to caught up in the bad because there's always good . 

Rebuff: I'm not one that believes in New Years resolutions. I'm glad for the people who do accomplish there goals but most people just leave empty promises. I think that if you have a goal you want to accomplish you should start right away. I feel as though people wait until the New Year to start and then don't follow through. This reminded me of a quote I read from Looking for Alaska "You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth  thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present." I feel like people hope for changes in their lives because they want to be happier, but they never take the first step. They don't act on it so its just stuck as a daydream rather than an actual resolution. But today, like everyday, is the perfect day to do something great. So, Happy New Years! Now go do something to make this year better than the last.