It’s New Year’s Eve: a year has just finished and everyone is looking forward to the coming one. When that clock strikes twelve, everyone is celebrating and rejoicing in the fact that they are able to have a fresh start, and be able to better themselves. People make New Years resolutions so that they can feel that they have a sense of purpose going into the New Year, so they have something to work towards, or to achieve. Whatever the reason is, they motivate people to get up and do something productive.
Some people set personal goals, whether that is to go to the gym, or eat healthily, be positive, sleep more or anything else similar. Some people set financial resolutions, where they perhaps want to either pay off debt this year, or get a promotion at work. Resolutions have become tightly ingrained in our culture, but are they actually worth it?
Studies show that nationally, 80% of people give up on their resolutions by the second week of February. This starts to make people wonder if they really are necessary in the first place. Well, for many people, making these resolutions allows them to show themselves what they want to achieve in the coming year, and it provides that start point for them to go from.
Even if not all people stick to their resolutions, for many, these resolutions signal a change in one’s lifestyle, habits, and motivations. A close friend of mine stated, ‘These resolutions motivate me to better myself and I make myself responsible for my actions’. Wise words; perhaps we should all take a page out of their book.
