Welcome to week 7 of this new series.
The question this week is do you or do you not make new year’s resolutions?
New year’s resolutions!
They sure are a subject done to death. It is with nostalgia that I remember when I was growing up that every year on the 1st of January, I would solemnly promise myself that I would try to achieve certain goals that year. What happened to those goals was a very familiar story. By the next December, they were all or mostly unfulfilled.
Now I don’t make new year’s resolutions. I plan forward and give myself achievable targets, like short term goals. No resolutions to lose 50 pounds by the year-end, but rather to eat healthily and walk more. Achievable targets are more feasible and usually put less pressure on the person.
What do you do regarding new year’s resolutions?
Please do share your thoughts!
Thanks
#Keepitalive
#SundayPoser
No, we just enter the New Year with a cup of tea or coffee and the wish for a better year than the last. If I ever made any, they didn’t last anyway!!
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Yes, they never lasted past February for me. Good way to usher in the new year. Thanks Di for sharing your thoughts.
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#50WordsMiniTalesChallenge
I always made resolutions,but never had the resolve to see them through.
This year,I’d resolved to spend more time working on self,but had gone back to my routine.
Lockdown happened.
Having more time on my hands,I discovered my passion for writing,thus ending my long running feud with New year resolutions.π
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I once wrote this on a topic for New year Resolution. βοΈβΊοΈ
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Could you share a link?
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That was for a Facebook writing challenge. Had it stored in my document, which I had mindlessly forwarded here, without editing π.
Hence the explanation π€βΊοΈ
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Oh, I see. Thanks π
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I think things worked out well for you Ramya. Iβm happy youβre writing and are loving it. Thanks for sharing your thoughts
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Thank you so much, dear Sadje. You are all inspiring me everyday and I get to learn a lot from you all.
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That so good of you to say so. May your writing prosper.
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Thanks for the love and blessings.
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Youβre welcome π
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I haven’t made “resolution” at new year’s for at least 30 years. I’d forget them, or just ignore whatever resolution I had made so what exactly was the point? Now, NY is just another day to forget what year it is on my checks for six months..lol
I do make decisions about things..like my weight..or A1C..or medications/exercize…and I follow through on them.
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Decisions work better, I think. More resolve behind them. Thanks for sharing your thoughts Suze.
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Here’s my thoughts: https://sparksfromacombustiblemind.com/2020/12/13/sunday-poser-6/
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Thanks Melanie
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No New Years resolutions any moreπ
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Same here. Thanks for sharing your feedback
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I may have made some in my much, much younger days, but I gave up on resolutions. Now I spend New Years trying to keep Zeus calm when people are setting off firecrackers. They scare him, so he barks… at midnight βΉ I just want to sleep because Daughter always works so I’ve got Ben Duty.
IMO, New Year’s Resolutions are too much pressure and bad for one’s mental health, because very few are actually kept. Then people feel like failures. Your idea of small, achievable things is much better.β¨π
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Youβre right the NY Resolutions are too much stress. Setting off fireworks on NY night or any other is just not fair on pets. It must be quite frustrating for you.
Thanks Angie for sharing your thoughts
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Here ya go, Sadje! https://iwriteher.com/2020/12/13/sticking-to-it/
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Thanks Susi.
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Sorry, forgot it pings back.
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No worries. π
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You have the right idea about new years resolutions sadje! I am with you!
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Thanks a lot Carol. Appreciate your thoughts
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Love this topic. I too at one time set New Year’s resolutions. Until I realized that every day is a day to set new goals. Today, I prefer a long term vision, for personal and professional, with, as you write about, short-term goals, which then, for me, are also tied to daily activities. Nice post, Sadje.
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Thank you Jeff for sharing your thoughts. And thanks for the support too.
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You’re welcome, Sadje. Always my pleasure.π
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I tend not to make them… they are usually too hard to keep and then I get mad or disappointed with myself. It is better I just hope for a good year. And after the year 2020 has been 2021 has to be better!
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Same here Leigha. I do hope and pray that the next year is better.
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