It’s that time of the year again! The New Year is underway! Have you made your New Years Resolution yet? Did you keep your resolution from last year? Do you even remember what it was? That’s fine, most people don’t because they make unreasonable resolutions that they would like to keep but when it comes down to it, they never do.
To make and keep a New Year’s Resolution is tough but definitely doeable. You just have to make sure your resolution is attainable and manageable.
First of all, do not make a list of resolutions and expect to keep all of them. If you plan to stop drinking, smoking, and partying all in the next year, you’re probably not going to stop doing all of those things. Same with people who say they are going to exercise every day. If you don’t exercise often now then your not going to exercise every day come the first of January.
Second, make a list of things you would like to change or things you would like to do in the New Year. A list doesn’t mean you’ll do everything on it, but will give you an idea of possible resolutions to make. It will give you an idea of things you’ve thought about changing or things you would like to do and put them neatly in one place.
Now, think about things you do on a day-to-day basis and pick two or three things on this list that you wouldn’t mind altering your everyday lifestyle for. The key word in that is ‘alter’. Don’t try to drastically change your life but just alter it because that is more attainable for the human mind. For example, if you eat fast food every day, instead of deciding not to eat it ever again, just make a resolution to eat it three times a week instead of seven. Altering this bad habit instead of trying to completely abolish it will make getting rid of it SOMEDAY completely possible.
A New Years Resolution is just an excuse to do something new for the coming year. A New years Resolution should be something you could do any time of the year but are just deciding to do it for the new year because it is a fresh start. So make a resolution that is manageable and a resolution your willing to keep so that you won’t be one of the many that are strong for the first month, week or day and that’s it.
Happy New Year’s!
Emily Pearl