My 2018 New Year's Resolution...Maybe
By josefina
@josie_ (9763)
Philippines
January 4, 2018 5:20am CST
"Dear New Year's Resolution,
Well, it was fun while it lasted.
Sincerely,
January 2nd"
Making new year's resolutions is a tradition many of us have at one time tried. We resolve to change a bad behavior, accomplish a personal goal or improve our present lifestyle.
We may have good intentions, but thinking about it is different from doing something about it.
Average life span of a New Year's resolution?
2 weeks _71%
1 month _64%
6 months _46%
By the middle of the year, more than half gave up.
Only 8% of people actually keep their new year resolutions.
My 2018 new year's resolution is to start working on the goals that I set in 2017 which I wrote in 2016 after spending the whole of 2015 thinking about which new year resolution to do.
Have you made any New year's resolution?
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16 responses
@silvermist (19702)
• India
4 Jan 18
I have stopped making new year resolutions years ago.This year also I have not made any.
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@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
4 Jan 18
When Janus the two face god ushers in the new year, we may look back with regret at the past year but it is also a time to look forward with hope in the coming year. For many this is like wiping the slate clean and starting anew. It is the underlying reason for making new year resolutions. Hope springs eternal.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
4 Jan 18
I just want to live healthier and we started on that goal already last year so it is one I think I might even keep. lol
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
4 Jan 18
@josie_ Yes I think so but we will see lol
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@Letranknight2015 (51539)
• Philippines
4 Jan 18
The usual and what others think which is to exercise and diet..
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16548)
• China
4 Jan 18
I haven't made any New year's resolution so far.There is no knowing what will happen during a year.Let nature take its course.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16548)
• China
5 Jan 18
@josie_ I don't know others,but I can't see my way to make it.
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@JESSY3236 (19008)
• United States
4 Jan 18
I don't anymore. I just say to keep doing what I have been doing.
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@peachpurple (13889)
• Malaysia
4 Jan 18
Yes to find a off line job with a fixed salary, I had been postponed it for years
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@peachpurple (13889)
• Malaysia
4 Jan 18
@josie_ I think it will take a few months since most employers do not accept 40s employee
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@Shiva49 (26236)
• Singapore
16 Jan 18
I am not surprised by the data you have given. It does not work for most.
I have never made any new year resolutions, ever. I evaluate my life all the time and see that I adapt to circumstances without sacrificing my basic tenets of live and let others live - siva