Now I guess there's no way I could know what everyone's doing this year...

(Hint hint, New Year Resolutions)

Though what I do know for sure is that I haven't even made my Resolution either. Not because it's my faux resolution to not make a resolution, or that I've suddenly turned into an all-knowing guru and I no longer need one.

No, the real reason is that I've started to see the pointless nature of "New Year Resolutions", and also that I'm lazy with making them, except for last year.

Now last year was a bit of a hit and a miss with a few different things, probably to do with the start of the HSC journey, booyah. There was my first, then second LAN party, my first time driving manual (eek! Asian drivers!) and much more.

I did miss a few opportunities and ended up almost doubting myself for some of my exams, though I was still pretty pleased with how they turned out (1st in Software Design ftw) with a fair spread of excellent results all around.

But enough about last year, and back to my point: There's some kind of social pressure on people around New Years time to make a Resolution, which often results in the most demotivational and plagiarised mantras known to society. What I can't honestly believe is how anyone could follow such a distant and not to mention, cliched tradition for an entire year.

What I do agree with though, is when people do take the time to create their own motivations personally and without external 'help', so that it stays true with them for that year and actually has some depth to the written or typed words.

The best kind of motivations don't have a time-expiry like New Year Resolutions, even though every year marks the start of a new one. These exceptional ones stay on forever and even help those who make them through some very trialling times!

So the next time you ever make a New Years Resolution if you've made one already for this year, try sitting with yourself, sipping your favourite drink and listening to your most inspirational music: and simply create your true motivation for your life in the future, no matter how insignificant the thing is.

See you next time,

Razor Blayde (or Atamarashi)