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“Happy New Year! May your 2022 be filled with joy, excitement, and success – wait, what are your new year’s resolutions?”
“New year’s resolutions” is a phrase we hear quite often, especially each time a new year rolls around. Even if you don’t keep a specific list of each thing you plan to achieve in the upcoming twelve months, most of us are guilty of keeping at least a little set of goals in the back of our minds. And yet, most of us are guilty of never even achieving them. Sure, new year’s resolutions can be a good way to mark a timeframe for your goals and motivate you to do better in a certain year, but they can also be unspecific and negative, two of many aspects that can drive our resolutions to failure.
First, one main reason your new year’s resolutions fail is because you’re too unspecific. Lacking in detail can reduce your motivation and make it so you don’t really know what you’re doing. A specific, well-thought out goal is the first step to actually reaching it, so you know exactly what to do and feel less of an urge to procrastinate working on them. For example, instead of saying you’ll get better grades, plan it out! Do some research about study methods you think might help you, organize your assignments, etc. For this new year, if you’re planning on thinking out a list of resolutions, you should make it specific- give it some thought and care, and it’ll pay off if you do decide to follow through!
Next, Positivity is key. Having a negative mindset will make you be hard on yourself whenever you think about your resolution, which isn’t what we want. Negativity only slows us down. Being kind, patient, and going easy on your mental health and your body will make it so you can achieve your goals. Remember, taking breaks and treating yourself is just as important as having discipline.
Another thing about new year’s resolutions that drives them to failure is that often, we don’t really need them, or we aren’t in a place to set ambitious goals for ourselves. While the new year can be a great time to “start fresh” and forget about things that might’ve gone wrong in the past year, it also doesn’t really phase some of us enough to have that sort of attitude brought with it. Creating new year’s resolutions when you have other goals you’re already working towards or are at a point in your life where you’re too busy to start anything new isn’t what is going to make these resolutions be successful. Sometimes, it’s better to just skip them than to have ones you just become disappointed in yourself for.
