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So it’s late to give some of my thoughts on 2012 new year resolution? Nah-

You forget I am Chinese? I live with two calendars and get to celebrate some of holidays at least twice a year, including my birthday. pretty cool, right?! anyways, FYI, Chinese new year in lunar calendar is January 23rd this year in Solar calendar.

I know, I can always find excuses for my procrastination. But, on the other side, it’s never too late to start. So, “if you want to change the world, change yourself;” and if you want to change yourself, change it today, I mean right now.

Action should be taken immediately, but with a resolution, even just a draft one; because a written new year resolution can constantly inspire hope in yourself.

Also, a new year resolution gives you a pause to think and plan. It could be called a self-assessment as you need to look yourself with your heart in the mirror and ask what you want to change by the year and how is it going to help you achieve your next big long-term goal. However, not everything you list on your new year resolution needs to be related to your long-term goal. It could be some pure interests based.

And a well-thought new year resolution can always remind you of your dream (I mean the big dream, the one you’d happily cry for.) and then lead you to your dream with your instinct and belief in yourself. In this period, you may need to modify and update your resolution, be constant yet flexible. Besides, you know in the end of the year, no one really cares if you have completed it or not. Don’t let the tool fix you, you are the maker.

Though I am not the most qualified person to give you the reasons why you need a new year resolution as I failed some in mine last year:

I did not work out as much as I planned, after April 2011.

I did not take as many pictures as I planned, after September 2011.

I did not study abroad in Spain, neither did I practice my Spanish.

I did not take GMAT exam.

I did accomplish something on it if you might wonder. Besides, the last two was because I revised my bigger plan.

But I did find some flaws in my new year resolution last year. Not well defined.

Yeah, so my another advice for you is to DEFINE whatever little things you could in your new year resolution, give a marked deadline or sequenced schedule on your planner. At least, that is how I am doing mine this year.

As you are reading the post to this point, I really want to share this awesome project that I saw today about Jeff Harris’ 13 Years of Self-Portaits. 13 years ago, Jeff made a new year resolution that he is going to take a picture of himself everyday. And today, when I look at his pictures, his project, what he has gone through in his life; I am truly inspired and touched. The continuing project isn’t just done for the promise he made in the dated resolution, it is the evidence of his fighting against cancel and of that he is truly living his life; and it is the faith he has in himself. 

I hope Jeff’s work can inspire you somehow.

Happy Dragon Year. Make a Difference in 2012.

Cheers. (Off to do my BrazilButtLift workout.)

If you believe in peace, act peacefully; if you believe in love, act lovingly; if you believe every which way, act every which way, that’s perfectly valid – but don’t go out trying to sell your beliefs to the system. You end up contracting what you profess to believe in and you set a bum example. If you want to change the world, change yourself.
Still Life with Woodpecker

I saw this video weeks ago, meant to share it. But since I have limited access to WordPress in China, I couldn’t update my blog.  Anyway, if you have a bit free time, watch this, be inspired. It is not about other’s dream, fashion, life; but yours. Be humble and free, then ask yourself – “what am I about?”

You gotta know what you love in your life…then you can feel rather than think.
You have to look into yourself, what are you about?!

Tom Ford