Tis the season to make New
Year Resolutions as New Year’s Day fast approaches and we find ourselves at the
start of another cycle around the sun. The time has come to resolve to improve
our relationships, our lives, our minds or our bodies with small to grand
sweeping changes. Each year we set out with new goals for the year, but in a
few short months are we still working on them? We may ask: why make these at
all? Why try?
A little over a year ago,
back when I had just started this blog, I wrote a set of articles about the
“Challenges to a Creative Lifestyle.” While put into the context of creativity,
the principles discussed apply to life in general. One of the challenges that
we all must face is failure. As I wrote then,
“In our society, we often
judged on what we have done, and not what we have attempted to do, while this
is logical, the downside is that many people assume that they cannot accomplish
much and are afraid to fail. Failure can sometimes be better for us in the long
run than always being successful. Out of a dozen paintings, a handful will be
successful to me as the artist. Don’t be afraid of failure, it is how we grow
and learn. Better to fail than not try at all!”
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So you may be wondering, what
are your New Year Resolutions, Charles?
I personally struggle with
social anxiety, and find that this effect is intensified when I consume
caffeine, via coffee or soda, which I will be eliminating from my diet. Creatively,
I will continue to write posts for Impulsive Artistry and create painting
videos for my YouTube Channel. I am also trying to limit the amount of time I
spend in front of a computer or phone to working on blog/painting video related tasks, keeping my media browsing to just 20min a day.
Social media is a wonderful tool, but it can also be a huge time-consumer in my
life. I hope that this change will enable me to be more productive overall.
I often find that it’s the
large-scale changes that are the most difficult to maintain and that the
smaller the adjustments we attempt, the more likely we are to persevere
throughout the year. While it is true that we may not perfectly keep our New
Year Resolutions, self-improvement is a great ambition, and hope that all of
you will try to improve one area of your life this year. Even if you fail, you
can pick yourself back up, and try again. Life is filled with failure, but that
makes each success that much sweeter.
Question of the Day?
What New Year Resolutions are you making this year? Let me in the comments below or on the Impulsive Artistry Facebook Page!
Question of the Day?
What New Year Resolutions are you making this year? Let me in the comments below or on the Impulsive Artistry Facebook Page!
I hope you all have a very Happy
New Year and an amazing artistic week!
—Charles
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