New Year New Start?
Let’s be honest. How many New Year’s Resolutions have you actually kept for longer than a month?
Every year most of us make new year’s resolutions with the idea of getting rid of our crappy habits and just becoming a better person. However, how many of us actually accomplish the goals we set every January? I definitely do not see major changes in people every new year, and I do not change much either. In fact, research shows that fewer than a quarter of us will keep with our resolutions. If this is true, then why do keep making resolutions every year, if deep down we know it will probably be like every other year, and there will not be any major alteration in our habits? I believe we do this, because we have faith in that one year will be different, and at that time of the year we are full of optimism.
I think it is exactly the same when we start the school year. Many of us want to do better than last year and correct our habits to be more productive with the goal of achieving higher grades. However, most of us start like a new person the first week, and then we go back to how we have always been. Change is difficult.
I believe that we do not keep up with ourselves, because we have set too high of expectations for ourselves, and we set too many difficult goals, and plan to change all at once. That would be extremely difficult to do. Setting goals that we can accomplish gradually would be a much better, and we would have chance of succeeding.
In conclusion, I believe we put too much pressure on ourselves, and we want to change because we feel that we have to in order to be happy. We are extremely optimistic at the start of every year, therefore we think we can achieve all, and maybe we can, but not all at once. Set goals to yourself that you actually can achieve, and that you are really interested in. Hopefully next year will be our year, and we will accomplish lots of little reasonable tasks that pile up into something significant.
Article by: Jesus Rodriguez
Let’s be honest. How many New Year’s Resolutions have you actually kept for longer than a month?
Every year most of us make new year’s resolutions with the idea of getting rid of our crappy habits and just becoming a better person. However, how many of us actually accomplish the goals we set every January? I definitely do not see major changes in people every new year, and I do not change much either. In fact, research shows that fewer than a quarter of us will keep with our resolutions. If this is true, then why do keep making resolutions every year, if deep down we know it will probably be like every other year, and there will not be any major alteration in our habits? I believe we do this, because we have faith in that one year will be different, and at that time of the year we are full of optimism.
I think it is exactly the same when we start the school year. Many of us want to do better than last year and correct our habits to be more productive with the goal of achieving higher grades. However, most of us start like a new person the first week, and then we go back to how we have always been. Change is difficult.
I believe that we do not keep up with ourselves, because we have set too high of expectations for ourselves, and we set too many difficult goals, and plan to change all at once. That would be extremely difficult to do. Setting goals that we can accomplish gradually would be a much better, and we would have chance of succeeding.
In conclusion, I believe we put too much pressure on ourselves, and we want to change because we feel that we have to in order to be happy. We are extremely optimistic at the start of every year, therefore we think we can achieve all, and maybe we can, but not all at once. Set goals to yourself that you actually can achieve, and that you are really interested in. Hopefully next year will be our year, and we will accomplish lots of little reasonable tasks that pile up into something significant.
Article by: Jesus Rodriguez