Resolving to do something doesn't make it happen, if anything it's less likely to happen after you've resolved to do it. Example: This weekend I resolved to read all the chapters of Art History that I've missed. (I have only been to class twice this semester, that's twice out of like 6 times. Also, I have only read the introduction pages.)
I went to class the other day for my second time, and discovered that we were now talking about Egypt. I somehow had missed everything between cave paintings and the pyramids. That is a huge chunk of time! I would give you the number of years but I haven't read the book enough to know. I also resolved to finish my 100 sketches for art class, and to do some other homework. It took me 4 days to get 50 sketches done. I am sitting here now staring at my sketchbook feeling defeated, as if those 250 pages of spiral bound paper wore a scuffed leather jacket, had a raspy Puerto Rican accent, and carried a wooden baseball bat with the words "Assault and Battery" carved into it. The results of my resolutions are clear.
Recently I purchased several seasons of 24. I have never seen a full season of the show, but caught an interest watching quite a few episodes while visiting friends and awaiting prosecution. I resolved to watch an episode a night until I had finished the first season. I made it two nights before my flight went down in flaming glory, Mark Wahlburg at the helm. In conclusion, resolving to do something doesn't amount to doing something. Fat people stay fat because they don't do something. Lonely people stay lonely because they don't do something about it. Short people stay short becuase they don't do something about it. They all resolve to do something but in the end they resolve nothing. I resolve to stop resolving and start doing. Now I have some sketches to ignore until tomorrow.
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what if i wanted to resolve to resolve more often would that be resolving nothing to do nothing more often? :)
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