Resolutions, yeah whatever!

Quit smoking, get up early, read every night, lose weight, build six-pack abs, save, cut down on booze - the list is endless...

What are New Year resolutions, after all? We try and think of a unique one every year and try to follow it, well... diligently, for a while. Till the time it holds our attention, we love to stick by it , let it be a part of us. Soon after, when we are too preoccupied by our lives, the urge for an occassional drag creeps again. It could well be a craving for a piece of chocolate cake or sleeping those extra hours. Whatever, it is, it comes back and, more often than not, we give in to it.

Late last year, I thought why not have a New Year resolution for 2006? I've always disciplined myself to achieving something that I really wanted... In fact I even started working towards it. However, two days into it, I'm feeling uneasy. Deep within, I feel, it might not happen. At times discipline, commitment, dedication, devotion, sacrifice remain mere words in the dictionary. They are just not meant to work for you.

So what do you do about your resolution? Just chuck it into the dustbin, which your life already is, and enjoy that fag, that cake, that booze or that restless sleep...