New Year's Resolutions?

[Guest milyt g. planet]

People go through this every year, making, breaking and sometimes keeping resolutions. I know some people don't bother with promising themselves that they'll do anything new for the upcoming year. One of my main goals is to start saving more money. Do you have any resolutions for the upcoming year?

[Zack T 171]

No I don't make resolutions because it's a stupid idea. We can set our goals whenever we want, we don't have to wait for January 1st to enact anything. Seems like people talk of New Years Resolutions as though they're magically gonna change their behavior instantly starting on that day, and it just doesn't work that way. It's not any easier just because it's the start of the new year. Just start it right freaking now and stop going along with tired social cliche's

[Guest milyt g. planet]

@Zack T "No I don't make resolutions because it's a stupid idea":lol::lol:

 

I agree with your general sentiment. It's unwise to leave real, important change and responsibilities up to something that is not your own agency, something that can be a worse version of "I'll do it tomorrow". But I think a new start is still a new start as long as it's real to you. Setting a work period and a deadline is always good, and in and of itself, it's not too bad to bad to say "from [some point in the future] on I'll try to..."

 

I'm guessing that the biggest problem for those most likely to procrastinate with their goal setting is agency. They need a push, and they know that, but they use a start date they don't believe in, that they won't see as a risk or push when it comes. They hope they'll be spurred into action, but they don't really believe in their time limit, because they put it there, and only have themselves to answer to. Maybe they even use it as a way to put off change, if they were honest with others and themselves.

You have to really believe in a time allotment to a goal and then do the heavy lifting yourself. I guess that's the great appeal of the New Years resolution, that it's global, and it's a way of feeling like you're not "going it alone," so to speak.

Edited October 2, 2018 by milyt g. planet

[Guest Cherry-Chan]

My resolution for next year is to try and sort out my job situation. I work in retail for a big supermarket chain, but I feel that I am not really going anywhere. I am thinking about maybe doing some retraining, or some new courses to get some different qualifications. I might study a bit with the Open Uni, or I might sign up at my local FE college to do another A level, probably in a science subject. I have also considered doing a MOOC online - there are loads of those available.

[Guest milyt g. planet]

@Cherry-Chan This sounds like a good resolution. Getting different qualifications to change a job situation is something that a lot of people think about doing, but some don't follow through. You sound like you've given this some thought and have a plan in place. I just saw an article two days ago about a woman in her 70's who went back to school. There's always something else to learn.

[Guest Pumba]

My new year's resolution is not to create a new one. I haven't done my other resolutions in the past years, so I have to finish them first before having a new one.

[Guest Mendez]

I don't think there's ever a bad time to make resolutions, whether that's on May 6th or on January 1st, it really doesn't matter. I don't necessarily make them on January 1st, but whenever I see fit. I do usually make resolutions for an entire year though.

[Guest milyt g. planet]

@Pumba Ah, I feel like I've been in a similar position before. In a manner of speaking, it's always good to pay off dept before making any other big investments.

@Mendez The progress-in-a-year goal is just the right amount of time to allow people to both go at their own pace and keep them on their toes, because it's kind of a long period of time but also kind of a short period of time. I don't know of anybody that does year long goals (until now), definitely can see the reasoning behind it.

[Guest Cherry-Chan]

@Cherry-Chan This sounds like a good resolution. Getting different qualifications to change a job situation is something that a lot of people think about doing, but some don't follow through. You sound like you've given this some thought and have a plan in place. I just saw an article two days ago about a woman in her 70's who went back to school. There's always something else to learn.

 

Thankyou for your encouragement! This is really something that I must get sorted out. It is so easy to just go on from day to day, and not really make any changes. I do like the people that I am working with, and I will be sorry to say goodbye to them if I do move on. However, unless I can get into a more managerial role, I can't see any future for myself in this job.

 

Add to that the fact that I would like to buy my own place instead of renting, so I really need to get a better job in order to be able to get a mortgage on a place where I would actually like to live.

[Guest Incredible Iron]

More of the same, I say. Why would I try to change the way I live when I'm already enjoying my life. Let us be honest, we make new year resolutions because we are not contented with who we are or what we have in the previous year.