聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Every New Year celebration one of the most asked questions is, 鈥淲hat is your New Year鈥檚 resolution?鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The tradition of resolutions is actually steeped in a lot of history鈥� People have traced the act of resolutions back to the Babylonians who would promise their gods at the beginning of each year that they would return anything they borrowed throughout the year and repay any debts accumulated. The Romans 鈥� pre-Christianity 鈥� would make promises to the god Janus 鈥搉amesake of the month of January and known as the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, and ending.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 During Medieval times it鈥檚 said that knights would re-affirm their commitment to chivalry at the end of the Christmas season with a 鈥減eacock vow:鈥� knights would place their hands on a roast peacock, which they would all pledge to uphold chivalry before the peacock was then shared amongst all present.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The most common popular resolutions according to Tripsavvy.com:
-聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Spend more time with family and friends
-聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Find more time for physical fitness
-聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Lose weight
-聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Quit smoking
-聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Enjoy life more
-聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Quit drinking
-聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Get out of debt
-聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Learn something new
-聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Help others more
-聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Get organized
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 According to the magazine 鈥淔ast Company,鈥� the best ways to stick to your resolutions throughout the year is to:
1.聽聽聽聽 Phrase your resolution as if you鈥檝e already achieved it.
2.聽聽聽聽 Set smaller goals throughout the year 鈥� instead of making a huge change at the beginning of the year, progressively make smaller ones throughout the year.
3.聽聽聽聽 Repetition 鈥� start every morning stating your goal and emphasizing why it鈥檚 important to you every day.
4.聽聽聽聽 Find people who have attained that resolution already and see if they will help support you in your endeavours.
5.聽聽聽聽 Create a plan for dealing with temptations and setbacks 鈥� if you鈥檙e goal is exercise and you find you鈥檝e missed two weeks of it because of life, don鈥檛 fret, simply start again.
6.聽聽聽聽 Send written progress reports to a friend 鈥� a study from Dominican University of California states that over 70 percent of participants that wrote their goals and then shared updates with friends achieved their resolutions compared to 35 percent of participants who kept their resolutions and progress to themselves.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Last year my focus was on making time to read more鈥� this season I鈥檓 going to focus on being more active. I鈥檓 not inactive currently, but I do need to hold myself more accountable to doing my own workouts three times a week.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Have you made a New Year resolution?
