The Deceitfulness of December

It’s been an eventful year here in Nigeria. 2020 will never be forgotten in a hurry, if not for anything else at least in remembrance of the Virus and Protest.

Interestingly, the rumour around both seems to be the same, in one quarter it is believed that the Virus which locked us all down must have been engineered by some human forces for political gains, a similar sentiment was shared by some about the eventual fate of the protest too. whether or not these assertions are true, we can at least find some consolation in the fact that the year is now coming to an end.

The end of the year! Why’s that even a consolation anyway? Well, we have been led to believe over time that December is the time to make plans, January is the time to be serious and February to November is for execution, whatever you fail to do within that period becomes an object of resolution for the next year. In my experience, it is nothing more than December’s deliberate deceit and we keep falling for it year-in, year-out.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not against new year resolutions; as a matter of fact, I have a couple of resolutions too. However, the funny thought that resolution is almost synonymous with the end of the year is one single ridiculous lie of the devil that has kept people to constantly renege on their own resolve for the new year.

Many for instance have at some point in December 2019 said they will study the entire bible and pray for 1 hour daily in 2020, only to get into 2020 and were too tired to start on the first couple of days.

When they finally started they got distracted at some point and before they could say jack, it’s June. From that point, instead of continuing the resolution they started waiting for the end of the year so that they can make another commitment with a firm promise to keep it this time around, stop deceiving yourself, the new year is nothing more than the opening of another day and except you take everyday as a new resolution it would be nothing more than mere mirage

So, wake up! The new year begins whenever you’re ready today, tomorrow, or next month. Don’t rush into making commitments if you’ve not thought it through, don’t set up yourself for failure with unrealistic resolutions that will end up leaving you guilty about how you’ve wasted the year. 

If it takes another one month, two, or even three to tighten up your plans do it rather than joining the bandwagon effect of the December disease. Remember, you’re accountable to only one person-YOU, so don’t deceive yourself.