Five tips to sticking to your New Year’s resolutions
Posted Jan 1, 2012 03:32:13 AM.
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Welcome to 2012, January marks the time of year where most of us set New Year’s resolutions.
It’s hard to stick to those resolutions but according to Canadian Living Magazine, there are five simple rules to make sure your resolutions last longer than one month.
Courtesy: of www.Canadianliving.com
Tip #1: Find the problem
-Don’t be overambitious, and get to the root of the problem as to why your resolution wasn’t a success last year. For example, expecting to loose 50 pounds by Valentines Day is not realistic.
Tip#2: Make a better plan
-After diagnosing the problem in last year’s resolution, try to make a more realistic resolution that is more realistic. For example, if your resolution is to incorporate fitness into your life, perhaps jogging 3 times a week is more doable
Tip#3: Get some perspective
-Get some feedback from family and friends on your proposed resolution. Have it vetted by someone who knows you and someone who can be honest with you.
Tip#4: Make mini-plans
-Your updated resolution could be multifaceted, which might complicate your efforts. If your plan is to jog three times a week, simply put your running shoes by the front door — a first step to actually putting them on and going for a jog.
Tip#5: Repeat, repeat, repeat!
-In order for your new resolution to work, it must become part of a routine, and the only way that will happen is to do it over and over again.
So, what are your New Year’s resolutions?
1310News hit the streets to find out what people in Ottawa have planned for their resolutions. The answers were pretty similar.
“Well, the major one would be to loose some weight,” said one young woman.
“Probably the good ol’ loose some weight, that’s always the number one,” said another female college student.
“Loose some weight I guess?” said one business man
“I’m looking to loose some weight as well,” said a young woman.
Other popular New Year’s resolutions included spending time with family, and quitting smoking. According to www.about.com the number one New Year’s resolution 20 years ago was quitting smoking, it has since dropped to the number four spot.
