Resolutions

Why making New Year's resolutions is a waste of time!

We've all been there. As the year ends, fireworks go off and champagne pops, and we announce, "This year, I'm going to change my life!" Your mind will wander to a new, better you—someone who works out, eats well, and is always on time.

The next week, you're still in your pyjamas and eating crisps while you try to figure out what went wrong.

Let's look at the reasons why goals don't work:

Why resolutions don't work: it's all about what you expect.

It's like those do-it-yourself jobs that you start with a lot of enthusiasm but never finish. You make a lot of promises to yourself, but you never keep them. The problem isn't the answer itself; it's the unrealistic hopes that come with it. It's hard to change, and things rarely get better overnight.

What's the Fix? Accept that you are not perfect. That nobody is.

We might want to think about lowering the bar for goals. "I will jog around the block sometimes" would be a better sentence than "I will run a marathon." If you want to say, "I will never eat sugar again," say "I will try to drink more water between snacks." New Year's resolutions shouldn't be about doing impossible things; they should be about trying, failing, and smiling as you go.

Let's make 2025 the year we accept our flaws and try to be a little better... but not too much better. Because let's be honest: we don't need to be perfect!

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