Have you made any New Year's resolutions yet?
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A New Year's resolution is a tradition in which a person makes a promise to do an act of self-improvement or something slightly nice beginning from New Year's Day.
Have you made any New Year's resolutions yet?
Make one!
Easier said than done
- get fit / exercise / lose weight
- change one bad personality trait ( e.g. be more polite, more organised, more patient)
- read more (it will make your vocabulary richer)
- think positive, smile more and enjoy your life
- spend more time with family and friends
- take up (=start) something new (hobby, course, language, ability etc.)
- quit a bad habit (smoking, fast food, drinking etc.)
- get out of debt / pay off your debts
- manage stress/ anger/ emotions etc.
- save money (for sth)
- go out more / spend more time outside
- cut down on sth(=do it less often) (e.g. drink coffee, surf the Internet, watch TV etc.)
- wake up earlier (you would be surprised how much time you have!)
- improve your skills/ personality / relations
- set or beat your own record
- do sth for others
- do sth for yourself
- overcome a phobia
How to keep and stick to them? It's simple:
- Make them public / tell somebody (facebook, family/friends, endemondo)
- track your progress
- make a to-do list
- choose realistic goals
- find motivation and make it real! (a picture of place you wish to go, device you want to buy, dress you want to wear)
- be consistent and honest - don't lie to yourself!
- don't worry about failure - don't give up and keep trying!
- be happy with every little success - reward yourself
But when you break or abandon them, don't worry, we're only humans. Remember:
You can't change in a month, it needs time! Take small steps, you have the whole year!
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