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New Years Resolutions

Paraducks

Seems like the appropriate time of year to pose this question:

What are your thoughts on New Years Resolutions as a concept? Do you try to set and follow one at the start of each year, or is it something you don't give much thought to? I personally never gave them much thought as a concept but this year I think i'm going to set myself some for once i'm home. 

I'll be looking to try to do three things by the end of 2025:

1. Get myself to the gym at least once per week for at least 1-2 hours of exercise in something I like. 

2. Find a new Hobby or Club to join for socialising with people. 

3. Learn how to drive, and with luck maybe get myself a car for the first time. 

I'm not expecting to do any of these right away; most of these I will most likely only be able to do within the last half of the year, but I still want to try to achieve it. Lets see if we can get a positive discussion going!

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  • I don't like New Year's Resolutions. If you decide on something you want to do, or even better, someone you want to be (e.g. I want to be an athelete, so I will start working out and eating well), then you shouldn't wait until the 1st of January, you should do it now. That being said, if it helps motivate you through those first few weeks where you are making it into a habit, then go for it.

    My advice, if you want to add a good habit to your life, is to make it as easy as possible. Don't force yourself to spend 2 hours at the gym every day, as you will tire of this in a few days. Instead, set yourself the target of 'turn up at the gym and do one exercise, then go home'. You'll quickly find yourself wanting to spend longer there, and it will become a habit more easily. It also means that on those days that you struggle to get yourself up and out, you can tell yourself "I only have to do one exercise", which makes it much more manageable and easier to do.

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  • I don't like New Year's Resolutions. If you decide on something you want to do, or even better, someone you want to be (e.g. I want to be an athelete, so I will start working out and eating well), then you shouldn't wait until the 1st of January, you should do it now. That being said, if it helps motivate you through those first few weeks where you are making it into a habit, then go for it.

    My advice, if you want to add a good habit to your life, is to make it as easy as possible. Don't force yourself to spend 2 hours at the gym every day, as you will tire of this in a few days. Instead, set yourself the target of 'turn up at the gym and do one exercise, then go home'. You'll quickly find yourself wanting to spend longer there, and it will become a habit more easily. It also means that on those days that you struggle to get yourself up and out, you can tell yourself "I only have to do one exercise", which makes it much more manageable and easier to do.

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