Resolution Shmezolution, what were last year's anyways?

As the holidays have come to an end, I was giving some thought today of the significance of this new year that we are just embarking upon. Different from Thanksgiving and Christmas, New Years is a time that we attempt to find ways to make it last all year. It is the motivator for the betterment of ourselves over the upcoming 365 days. It is the day we determine to purify ourselves of the gluttonous effects of the holidays, to organize our lives, to make more memories, to learn something new, etc etc.

Usually if we make a handful of resolutions, we are able to stick to maybe one, if that. And once we have broken a resolution, do we have to wait the rest of the year for another chance to start over? What progress is there in that?
As human beings we are ridiculously creative and intelligent, (for the most part), and we live in a constantly changing world. There is no way to know of the opportunities that will be gained or lost in the coming year, no way to know if our resolutions are even feasible. We leave ourselves with little room for recovery if they are not.

So this year, instead of resolving to change the little things, let us look at the bigger picture. Let us have vision. With vision, we are able to have a plan. To constantly identify goals; to consistently examine ourselves and our personal growth, and to align our aspirations to the circumstances we find ourselves in. With vision we are able to crash and burn, learn from our mistakes, and rise higher. There are several ways to meet a resolution: you can meet it exactly as you planned on last New Years, or you can meet from a standpoint of trial and error, overcoming it in the best way possible, rather than just as a task completed.