How to Make a Sensible Resolution on the New Year’s


After entering a new year, everyone wishes to change something about himself. People go ahead and make New Year’s resolutions that almost always tend to fail in a week or so. The reason for this is most people do not think sensibly while taking up a resolution. If you really want a remarked change in your lifestyle in the coming New Year, you have to make sensible resolutions.

  • The first thing to consider for making a sensible resolution is that you definitely cannot change your lifestyle in a single stroke. If the leap you wish to take is very large, you will tend to become even less dedicated. This is exactly why diets mostly do not succeed. You have to complete a hard task in small and gradual steps. One example is, instead of taking up a vigorous diet and exercise everyday as your New Year’s resolution, try to start with giving up fast food as well as a 20-minute walk daily. This will obviously not give you a sexy figure in just a couple of days, but it’s a sensible resolution that is easy to cope up with and is better than one that fails completely.

  • The above quoted example also highlights another significant aspect to consider when you take a sensible New Year’s resolution, which is for your resolution to be precise. Coping up with an insensible resolution becomes even harder when you do not know what precisely you have to do. If you come up with a vague resolution for the New Year like I will try to become a better person, you have not come up with what you precisely want to do and thus such resolutions are bound to fail. You will have to make it absolutely clear in your mind as to what precisely do you refer to a better person as. On one hand, it may mean for you to donate your income’s five percent, while on the other, it might mean for you to donate your clothes to a shelter for the homeless. Whichever be the case, at least by such precise details, you will know exactly what you have to do to make you New Year’s sensible resolution successful.
  • A sensible resolution is something that isn’t specific to the New Year. However, the general notion is that there is no better time for a change in lifestyle than the beginning of any new year. But logically, you may go ahead and take up a sensible resolution in August or November as well. Just remember that the significant point is not the day when you make it, but rather that it should be sensible and precise enough. Try and make gradual changes to make it easy for you to cope up sincerely, and be precise about what changes you want. Keep in mind the two basic principles and you are bound to have an excellent year.

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About the Author: Alan Kennon lives a very happy life with two kids and a lovely wife. He likes to share his life time experiences with others about how they can improve their lifestyle and personality.

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