Jason T. Berggren, an ex-pastor, former punk-rocker, and author of the book 10 Things I Hate About Christianity: Working Through the Frustrations of Faith has written a poignant article entitled 10 Things I Hate About New Year's Resolutions. His hope is to help others prioritize and accomplish their ever-important goals in the New Year. The New Year is a time for fresh perspectives and new accomplishments. Many will set goals to lose weight, save money, and invest more time with loved ones, among other things. But how to achieve all these goals? That is at the center of a new article by Jason T. Berggren, an ex-pastor, former punk-rocker, and author of the book 10 Things I Hate About Christianity: Working Through the Frustrations of Faith, called 10 Things I Hate About New Year's Resolutions.
He shares lessons from his failures and successes in order to help others turn resolutions made into goals actually accomplished. He tackles the areas he 'hates' with a mixture of humor and honesty, relying heavily on his experience of writing his first book. Some of these include momentum, doubt, failure, time, and money.
Berggren writes:
"Like everything else in life, it's all about follow-through. That's why we have to make resolutions in the first place: we don't get them done. You may have noticed, but follow-through is not a common character trait today. You'll never get anything done if you don't actually do anything. I told people for a long time about the book I was writing. Unfortunately, nothing was really getting done. I felt like some longhaired kid wearing sandals and a tie-dyed t-shirt smoking-out and driving around the country in a Volkswagen bus telling people I was going to change the world... Dreamers dream. And doers do..."
Berggren also delineates between setting goals and building a vision. It's important to think beyond individual resolutions, he says. He describes vision as a big-picture view of the future, which is made up of a series of accomplished goals. Often the vision needs to evolve as accomplished resolutions reveal new circumstances and challenges.
The burgeoning author takes the process to heart as he sets out to write his second book this year, while balancing family and his day-job. Once again, he seeks to realize this monumental task. The vision of how to achieve this will, of course, involve several resolutions made, followed by a string of benchmark goals accomplished. Doers do, after all.
To learn more about the author, his books, or see his ABC News interviews visit 10thingsihate.com.
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