Do you believe in New Years Resolutions?

The reason why I made this my first point of interest is because we are 6 days into 2009 and one topic in particular keeps appearing everywhere I turn, New Years resolutions. While I was at the Wizard vs Cavaliers game they took a survey on what where the 3 most common new years resolutions. The first one was losing weight, the second was saving money and the third was helping other people. The most commonly chose one was saving money. I didn't find it to be surprising since we are in a recession. Do I believe in making New Years resolutions? I believe that every year we grow and change some for the better and some for the worse. I however do not call them new years resolutions. A new year does not make it official for me to go out and pursue my goals. 2008 had its ups and downs. Do I feel like 2009 is going to be my year? Every year is going to be MY YEAR. I made a promise to myself that I wasn't going to stop grinding until I get to where I want to be. I don't call them New years resolutions, I call them promises and goals. And I make these promises and goals through out the year. Calling them New Years resolutions I believe are to limiting and to simplistic. Why wait for the turn of the New Year to make a decision? Go out and believe that you are capable of doing anything that you put you mind to no matter what time of the year it is.