What it takes to have a new year resolution

It's now a common thing for us all to say "my new year resolution is this and that". But do we have what it takes to accomplish our resolution?. 80% of people's WhatsApp status is all about "next year I won't be this, I won't talk to this person, I'll be a changed person" and this has been the same thing they always say every new year.

First what's resolution? It's a firm decision a person take to do or not do something, that is you have to be fully conscious of the consequences behind it and you'll be ready t accept it at all cost. That's what it means to have a resolution. Now for someone to have a decision like that, one must have this few things

• Integrity

• Ability to accept consequences

• Ability to defend your decision to the final end

INTEGRITY It's been said that a man with utmost integrity is said to succeed, Integrity is the most essential thing one must have before resoluting about anything, once your yes is yes and your no is no then you can say you are a person of integrity. Integrity isn't intelligence, one might be smart but still not have integrity, Integrity is essential in a resolution because once you're a person of integrity, you won't go back on your word and you can finally back up your resolution.

ABILITY TO ACCEPT CONSEQUENCES A person that runs away from away from the consequences of their actions is a coward and shouldn't even resolute about anything because every action has a reaction. Once you have a resolution about things you'll do in a new year (maybe about changing your behavior towards some certain people) definitely it will have a reverse effect because you'll act in a new way they're not used to, so they'll also change towards you and there's definitely going to be side effects and the side effects are the consequences, you have to be able to accept whatever comes after changing your ways towards your friends before you can make a resolution

ABILITY TO DEFEND YOUR DECISION TO THE FINAL END When you have Integrity and you can accept whatever consequences comes at you come what may, you'll now need to be able to defend your decision because some certain people will come to convince you about your decision and that's when you will have to defend it. If you can't defend the decision you made on your own then you shouldn't even talk about making a resolution because the resolution will get dissolved immediately the year starts due to the listening of others opinion on your decision. You should be able to defend what you say or do because if you can't, then you shouldn't even make a decision at all.

So in my final note, before you make a new year resolution you need to let it come from your inner most heart and not just make a resolution because it's the trend this new year. And I personally think a resolution should be personal to you and you should keep it to yourself instead of shouting about it everywhere. So before making a resolution think about these things. Have a wonderful new year