Do You Make New Years Resolutions? / myLot

United States

January 1, 2016 2:32pm CST

Happy New Year fellow myLotters! Are you one of the many people who are making New Years resolutions? I usually do not make them and here's why-- I learned a long time ago that I tend to get swept up in the energy of making resolutions this time of year when I hear others talking about resolutions they made. That's when I get too ambitious with my goals. By the end of January, I have realized that I have over-reached. I prefer to make my goals (not resolutions) on my birthday. That way it seems more like a promise I make to myself. I keep my goals to myself so that only I can measure my progress. How about you? Do you make New Years resolutions?

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Marlina

@marlina (154130)

• Canada

5 Jan 16

I long ago stopped making those kinds of resolutions that I never kept.

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Deborah-Diane

@DeborahDiane (40322)

• Laguna Woods, California

2 Jan 16

I don't make resolutions, but I do set goals. Then, I see how successful I was at achieving them. If I succeed, great! If I don't, I try to revise them for the following year.

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Dalane

@Dalane (691)

• United States

2 Jan 16

I agree that goal are better than resolutions. Goals allow for gradual achievement and allow for slip-ups. With a resolution, you slip-up once and you failed.

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Michelle

@infatuatedbby (94914)

• United States

9 Jan 16

I do but I treat them like goals also!

Michael Liriano

@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14351)

• West Haven, Connecticut

5 Jan 16

I stopped doing that a few years ago, I just set myself up with new goals every 3 months and work towards achieving them

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Siduri

@msiduri (5687)

• United States

16 Jan 16

That's a good idea. However, since my birthday is on New Year's Eve, it wouldn't work for me...

paigea

@paigea (36315)

• Canada

4 Jan 16

I make resolutions. And I tell someone the resolution as it makes me more likely to do it. I make a plan for how to achieve my resolution and monitor my progress all year. Progress, not perfection is my mantra. Any little progress is success.

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edibleorganicgardening

@buttheadface932 (708)

• United States

6 Jan 16

Sure! I do secretly though, in my head. So that people can't call me out on not keeping to my resolution, later on! Luckily I quit smoking already...so there's that :)