On January 1st, I wrote that I would update this blog once a week...
...so much for that.
I've thought a lot about why resloultions can be so difficult. It's all about self-discipline and staying accountable to yourself, something that I find is the hardest thing to do. Staying accountable to another person is easier: the consequences for failing someone else seem so much more dire. It's not just about dissapointing yourself anymore, it's about dissapointing them. When you are held accountable by someone else, be it a friend, a parent, a teacher, or anyone, you must confess to them when you mess up or, even easier for you, they notice right away when you slip up. A teacher will notice if you start failing their class and a parent will notice if you break one of their rules. There are immediate consequences for this, as well as the dissapointment that the other person has in your short comings. This has often kept me more accountable. If I have to report to someone else about a resolution to do something, then I tend to stick to that resolution more than if I just keep it for myself. I keep my promises to others much more easily than I do to myself.
If I fail myself, I try to excuse it: I didn't follow through because of this reason or that reason. I didn't excercise today because I was too busy, stressed, tired, not feeling well, etc. Excuses to myself seem a lot more plausable than excuses to others.
This reminds me that God never fails in his promises.
"God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?" -Numbers 23:19
"Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does." -Psalm 145:13
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