Resolutions: Should you wait for earth's revolutions?

I seldom make new year resolutions, not that I couldn't keep them up, but somehow I thought it doesn't require the earth to come one more trip around the sun for resolutions.

But how do we make, and then keep resolutions? Please read my thoughts and do share yours, not just your comments.

Start with small steps (pragmatism), instead of trying to reach where you want to be eventually in a single giant leap (perfectionism). This way, the expectations will not be too high from yourself as well as from others. Even if you fail in between, you can get back to the routine and catch up without feeling the pressure, because no one expects you to be prefect just because you did not make that big promise.

It could be small steps achieving small goals, eventually leading to a larger one, which you would be your real goal. This means that its going to be a process, and it would take time. It could be small goals for a fortnight or a month each*. If you can team up with someone, even better, it will be mutually beneficial, either by motivation or by slight peer pressure.

Equally important is to choose the goal that stick to. Take mine about posting at least more than thrice in a week. Quite reasonable, you may think. But for a lazy ass** like me who has mastered the art of dragging my feet, it is some thing. Now that I have openly admitted it, I wouldn't pause longer between posts unless the reason is genuine (God help me!).

Googling a few mins spewed the below links about goals and resolutions.
See this, and this.


* My yoga teacher explained the importance of numbers like 48, 108, 1008 etc. He said '..the usual explanations that you hear about these numbers are only made up for the numbers. For instance 108 is the ratio of the diameters of the Sun and the Earth. But it's only a coincidence. The real thing about these numbers are, if you could do some task continuously for, say, 48 days (a mandalam), then you are likely to continue it easily further on..' This argument is acceptable, because if you can do it for such a (reasonably) long time, you would get used to it.

** Keeping fit had been so evasive for me, which has been my goal every time I watch Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee movies. My brother, who is my role model for many things in life including taking care of your body once said 'keeping fit, should not be your practice, not even your habit. It should be your character'. I see that its his character.