New Years Resolution: Do You Even Bother?
It’s New Years Day, the day that millions of people around the world make promises to themselves to do something in particular moving forward. Most folks call these promises “Resolutions”, but I like to call them “Torture Sticks”.
I personally dislike the act of creating resolutions because they truly aren’t effective. After New Years, I see friends and family torture themselves into doing something they DON’T want to do. That’s why our gyms are full of new faces in January then back to it’s normal occupancy in February. These folks show up because they felt they need to change using New Years as a catalyst. They knew they had to change something, so they torture themselves to make it happen even when their heart isn’t there to follow through.
Unfortunately, if you want to change, you need to change for yourself on your own schedule. Not on the schedule of a calendar year. In my opinion, if you can make yourself a promise with no strings attached, like waiting for something significant to occur in your life, then the magnitude and follow through of that change will be greater and lasting.
If you know you want to lose weight, just do it. If you want to be richer, start learning how now. Don’t wait for the next holiday or major event. Be the change you want to see.
Happy New Years. Let’s make it big in 2010. Drink much, be safe, and laugh a lot.
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Find alternatives to a behavior that you want to change, and make this part of your resolution plan. So you want to quit smoking but you smoked to relax yourself? What other forms of relaxation are available to you.
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On this note, actually people who keep talking are seeking help in a way, just that they aren’t conscious of it. Before speaking, they feel cluttered about the situation. Having an outlet to air their problems is a method of helping them get clarity and gain resolution. Your role here can be a listener and/or an enabler, depending on what you do.
Yeah, this is a great way to get NY res.’s. I would say that it is probably not possible to learn any language in a year, but making a Res. to start learning is good.
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Did you keep your new years resolution from last year? What’s your new resolution this year?
Whats your new years resolution?
Having an outlet to air their problems is a method of helping them get clarity and gain resolution. Your role here can be a listener and/or an enabler, depending on what you do.
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Your role here can be a listener and/or an enabler, depending on what you do.
I always aim to be a better person, but hmm… I don’t know if I’ve become a better person.Do u make up some New Year’s resolutions & then break them before u know it?
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I think it would depend on how you went about it. Like another person said, it might be better to learn to solve one problem each day, and develop a strong understanding of that particular type of problem. Then it would in a progressive order, and not random memorization of a formula.
I MADE MY LAST YEARS RESOLUTION! I am so excited i went a whole year without drinking a soda. I decided last year that i had to do it because i was drinking way to much sugary drinks and it was affecting my health. So starting Jan 1 2008 i stopped drinking soda and haven’t had one since. I am gunna try to do it this year to.
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I MADE MY LAST YEARS RESOLUTION! I am so excited i went a whole year without drinking a soda. I decided last year that i had to do it because i was drinking way to much sugary drinks and it was affecting my health.
you want to quit smoking but you smoked to relax yourself? What other forms of relaxation are available to you.
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I would say that it is probably not possible to learn any language in a year, but making a Res. to start learning is good.thanks for sharing this great blog.
I would say that it is probably not possible to learn any language in a year, but making a Res. to start learning is good.thanks for sharing this great blog….,,,,,
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I really want to stick with my new years resolution because I know it would make me happier and make my life better. I have written it down on paper and I often look at that paper I also try to think alot about it.
I don’t think my new year resolution will ever work out as they never have before!
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I really want to stick with my new years resolution because I know it would make me happier and make my life better. I have written it down on paper and I often look at that paper I also try to think alot about it.
I refused to make any resolutions this year. I was going to try and lose weight, but I’m too lazy to follow through with it, so I didn’t even bother to make the resolution. Then I was going to try and become a better person, but, again, I’m lazy and that involves work or a self-help book or something.
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