《Making a New Year's Resolution.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《Making a New Year's Resolution.docx（2页珍藏版）》请在三一办公上搜索。
1、Making a New Years ResolutionMaking a New Years Resolution Its hard not to get the resolution urge on New Years Eve. Theres that sense of renewal, of rebirth, and the guilty awareness that you ate your own weight in chocolate during the holidays. Sure, last years resolutions didnt make it past the f
2、ifth of January, but hey, this years going to be different, right? Most of us dont have a clue how to make a reasonable resolution, which is why most of us fail to keep the ones we make. We set high goals for ourselves, and then wonder why we never attain them. So we either stop setting goals (never
3、 a good choice), or make resolutions that are ridiculously easy to keep. I asked a friend what his New Years resolution was last year. He thought very seriously and then replied Breathing. An admirable goal, but hopefully not one hell have to struggle to keep! I reign as the undisputed king of the b
4、roken resolution. Lose Weight. Exercise. And, of course, the invariably stress-inducing I Must Relax More. They all failed, and not because I wasnt sincere when I made them. Id say it, Id mean it, and then I did . . . Absolutely nothing. Oh sure, the resolution stood firm for a few weeks, and its me
5、mory returned throughout the year, mostly to make me feel guilty and ineffectual. But I never did anything about it because I didnt have a plan. All I had was a meaningless expression (Save Money, Be Happy, Get in Shape . . .). Once I realized this I made a prompt, if somewhat tardy, New Years resolution (Okay, really tardy. It was April). This year was going to be different. Only this time, my resolution was to figure out a way to keep resolutions.
