New Year Resolutions: Do's and Don'ts
Do's:
-Make resolutions selfish: Nobody makes new year resolutions for other people; it's not a Christmas list you send to Santa. New year resolutions are supposed to be selfish! Include things in it that you have always wanted to try, or accomplish, or places you've wanted to travel to.
-Make resolutions meaningful: Do not put something on your resolution list just because your best friend did, or your significant other. We are allowed to have our own passions and goals, and to accomplish things on our own. If you want to learn to play the piano this year, but your mom thinks it's a waste of time, spend your time learning to play the piano. We live this one life with ourselves and for ourselves until our life comes to an end, so we might as well do what makes us each happy.
-Make resolutions attainable: These things do not need to be achieved in the one calendar year; you could put "write a book" or "start a business" on your 2019 list, and every new year list until it's reached. My only advice for this particular Do is to follow number 2 - make it meaningful. Some dreams we dream to achieve simply to say that we have; make these ones different. Dig deep within yourself, and resolve to make resolutions attainable in due time.
Don'ts:
-Make resolutions have time stamps: It is not a good idea to place a time stamp on a resolution. If one of your resolutions is to travel, try to write "when the time is right" and veer away from "ASAP". Or if one of them is to lose weight, refrain from saying "how much" and "how soon", and instead hope for a healthy weight in due time!
-Make resolutions too vague: In most aspects of life, it is never very admirable to be short and vague. Your new year resolutions should be no different.
-Make resolutions a joke: If you do not believe in resolutions at all - do not believe writing them down will make you achieve them any faster, or at all - simply do not make any. But if you are interested in trying it, or do believe resolutions to be motivational and helpful, then pay close attention to the things you write down. Do not write "become vegetarian" as a joke to become healthier. If vegetarianism is not for you, and you do not think it will make you better or happier, do not write it down!
Personally, I only have one new year resolution this year: enjoy my own 'now'. I find myself falling
into fits of "wanting what she has" and "being where he is in life", while simultaneously ignoring all the wonderful things that are happening in my own little piece of this world. So my one and only goal is to enjoy my now, and I hope at least one of yours is similar.
*I am not an expert. I just created this list of Do's and Don'ts from personal experience. I found doing, or not doing, these specific things really played into my positivity and happiness. It is my personal belief that that is all New Year Resolutions should bring!*
-Make resolutions selfish: Nobody makes new year resolutions for other people; it's not a Christmas list you send to Santa. New year resolutions are supposed to be selfish! Include things in it that you have always wanted to try, or accomplish, or places you've wanted to travel to.
-Make resolutions meaningful: Do not put something on your resolution list just because your best friend did, or your significant other. We are allowed to have our own passions and goals, and to accomplish things on our own. If you want to learn to play the piano this year, but your mom thinks it's a waste of time, spend your time learning to play the piano. We live this one life with ourselves and for ourselves until our life comes to an end, so we might as well do what makes us each happy.
-Make resolutions attainable: These things do not need to be achieved in the one calendar year; you could put "write a book" or "start a business" on your 2019 list, and every new year list until it's reached. My only advice for this particular Do is to follow number 2 - make it meaningful. Some dreams we dream to achieve simply to say that we have; make these ones different. Dig deep within yourself, and resolve to make resolutions attainable in due time.
Don'ts:
-Make resolutions have time stamps: It is not a good idea to place a time stamp on a resolution. If one of your resolutions is to travel, try to write "when the time is right" and veer away from "ASAP". Or if one of them is to lose weight, refrain from saying "how much" and "how soon", and instead hope for a healthy weight in due time!
-Make resolutions too vague: In most aspects of life, it is never very admirable to be short and vague. Your new year resolutions should be no different.
-Make resolutions a joke: If you do not believe in resolutions at all - do not believe writing them down will make you achieve them any faster, or at all - simply do not make any. But if you are interested in trying it, or do believe resolutions to be motivational and helpful, then pay close attention to the things you write down. Do not write "become vegetarian" as a joke to become healthier. If vegetarianism is not for you, and you do not think it will make you better or happier, do not write it down!
Personally, I only have one new year resolution this year: enjoy my own 'now'. I find myself falling
into fits of "wanting what she has" and "being where he is in life", while simultaneously ignoring all the wonderful things that are happening in my own little piece of this world. So my one and only goal is to enjoy my now, and I hope at least one of yours is similar.
*I am not an expert. I just created this list of Do's and Don'ts from personal experience. I found doing, or not doing, these specific things really played into my positivity and happiness. It is my personal belief that that is all New Year Resolutions should bring!*
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