 |
| Get Started on Your New Year Resolutions |
At this time of year we all start thinking about making some changes to our lives to hopefully make them better. What will you do to make your life better? Here are at least 10 common resolution to give you a head start on making those improvements. (If you want to watch the video, it is down the page further.) First, you may want to find out exactly what a New Year's resolution is.
A New Year's resolution is a commitment that a person makes to one or more personal goals, projects, or the reforming of a habit. A key element to a New Year's Resolution is that it is made in anticipation of the New Year and new beginnings. People committing themselves to a New Year's resolution generally plan to do so for the whole following year. This lifestyle change is generally thought to be advantageous. (Credit) Here are some popular changes that people believe will improve their lives.
Popular Resolutions:
- Donate to the poor more often
- Become more assertive
- Become more environmentally responsible
- Lose weight, exercise more, eat better, drink less alcohol, quit smoking, stop biting nails
- Improve finances: get out of debt, save money
- Improve career: get a better job
- Improve education: improve grades, get a better education, learn something new (such as a foreign language or music), study often
- Improve self: become more organized, reduce stress, be less grumpy, manage time, be more independent, perhaps watch less television, play fewer sitting-down video games
- Take a trip
- Volunteer to help others, practice life skills, use civic virtue, give to charity (Credit)
A from the University of Bristol involving 3,000 people showed that 88% of those who set New Year resolutions fail, despite the fact that 52% of the study's participants were confident of success at the beginning. Men achieved their goal 22% more often when they engaged in goal setting, (a system where small measurable goals are being set; such as, a pound a week, instead of saying "lose weight"), while women succeeded 10% more when they made their goals public and got support from their friends. (Credit)
Watch Video
No comments:
Post a Comment