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New Year's Resolutions

And Why They Suck

By Aaliyah SharverPublished 6 years ago 3 min read
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A new year, a new beginning. 2018 is upon our horizon, but with every new year comes new resolutions. Everybody, young and old, has had a new year's resolution at least once in their short or long lifetime. It could be anything from losing weight to becoming a new person completely.

I can remember being in the sixth grade, and having a new year's resolution of becoming better at playing basketball. To cut a long story short, I sucked all the way up until eighth grade, which is when I got better. Excuse me, I mean I quit.

There are a few lucky people out there who follow through with their resolutions and I applaud them, but for the rest of us losers we typically quit within the first two weeks. It's not that we are (completely) lazy, or that there is something seriously wrong with us. It's the fact that we as a human race hate change. Change. It's a six letter word with a whole lot of meaning.

Change can either be a good thing, or it can be a really bad thing. Either way it's a very difficult thing. Changing your habits and your routine is almost like starting a whole new life, which, like I said, could either be really good or really bad.

Quitting is a whole lot better than having to change. Trust me. Let's say you get a new job, but the only rule is you can't be a smoker. You have smoked for most of your life, but now you have to change because of some job? You go along with it for a few weeks, but some habits are harder to break than others. You give in and start smoking again. You have two choices now to either quit your job, or change your habits. Ultimately, 95 percent of people will quit their job and try to find another.

In all of this, my main point is that a resolution will get you nowhere. It's something to push you to start changing, but the change will most likely never last. We don't need silly resolutions, anyways. If we wanted to change, then why haven't we been changing all along?

Now, like I said, change is a very difficult thing, and if you would like to take my advice, here are a few tips on how to make change happen.

First, remove yourself from the problem. If you are trying to lose weight, then don't stock your cabinets full of little goodies full of empty calories. When eating out at restaurants, don't live by the rule of "you have to eat everything on your plate." They have to-go boxes for a reason, people. Take some food home, and you will have two meals in one.

Second, don't surround yourself with people who only help the problem. If you are trying to cut a habit, don't hang around people who will only fuel the problem. Let's say you want stop smoking. DO NOT go hang around friends who also smoke until you can learn self-control.

And finally, DO surround yourself with people who support you. Support is a very valuable thing when making big changes. Don't hang around negative-nancys who have no faith in you. If you hear nothing but negative things, then you will eventually end up going back to your old ways.

The lesson in all this is don't wait until January 1st to start making a change. New year's resolutions are nothing but society's way of telling you there is something wrong with all of us. If you actually want change, then you should start right about... NOW.

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