Honey, I got the spider.
Nobody starts their year excited to do everything the same way they did last year. Well, almost nobody.
Good luck with those resolutions! But just because it’s the season of change doesn’t mean any change you make is good. I think about this silly meme a lot:
Of course there’s always a problem to solve. The day you think you’ve arrived and solved all your problems is the day you definitely haven’t. But just because you have a problem that needs solving doesn’t mean anything you try will work.
It makes me think of this exchange from T.S. Eliot’s play The Cocktail Party:
Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don’t mean to do harm—but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.
That’s a gut-punch for New Year’s. We all want to think well of ourselves, and when we’re making big changes to better ourselves in the new year, that need goes into overdrive.
Cutting the salt out of your diet might be a good thing. It sure seems like it, right? But the fella who chucks his salt in the new year is sure as heck not going to be watching out for a salt deficiency.
Or that shiny HR initiative that will finally solve your communication problems. I bet it would be really hard to admit in six months if it made communication worse.
It’s okay, it’s a human thing to do. This is just a reminder to be on the lookout for it. Don’t put on blinders as you embark on your exciting new year. Don’t burn down the house trying to kill a spider.
And if you need any help in the new year trying to do those new and exciting things, give us a call. We’re really good at helping you see your blind spots.