Should you, or shouldn’t you? Make resolutions, that is.
Lots of us make resolutions for the New Year, and many of us don’t attain our resolution goals, but if you make resolutions you are more likely to succeed, according to the Statistics Brain Research Institute.
* Percent of Americans who usually make New Year’s Resolutions: 45%
* Percent of Americans who infrequently make New Year’s Resolutions: 17%
* Percent of Americans who absolutely never make New Year’s Resolutions: 38%
* Percent of people who are successful in achieving their resolution: 8%
* Percent who have infrequent success: 49%
* Percent who never succeed and fail on their resolution each year: 24%
* People who explicitly make resolutions are 10 times more likely to attain their goals than people who don’t explicitly make resolutions
Most resolutions – from my own observation – have to do with health and fitness. Lose weight. Exercise more. Eat more healthy food. Eat less junk food. Drink less alcohol. Drink more water. Quit smoking.
I know what I need to do, but will I do it? It’s said that writing it all down, and making an action plan, will increase the likelihood of success in the New Year. I need to try it. I just got a Fitbit for Christmas, and set it up this morning. Had to record my weight as part of the registration procedure. Not good news. Nosiree. Goal setting will involve diet and exercise, that’s for sure!
May the next year find your waistline slimmer, your wallet fatter, your cholesterol lower, and your tolerance level higher. And ….
May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s Resolutions!
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I usually set goals throughout the year, so I’ve never really set New Year’s resolutions.
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Me too.
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A few years ago I decided I would d better to limit my resolutions to only one big thing. I have had great success doing that for two years. I also break it down into daily and weekly goals, or I will never achieve anything.
Which Fitbit did you choose?
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Your resolution was to only make one resolution?
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Yep, that’s it! I used to resolve to change everything in my life it seemed like. Of course I failed at everything.
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Yep, I used to do the same thing, I would plan on doing 12 things and get overwhelmed so nothing would get done. Now I focus on one or two things and some things get done or achieved.
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The same one you have.
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Mine is to remain above ground one more year.
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Wish now I hadn’t said that – the storm from hell is 1 hour out…….
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Do you have any place to shelter?
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Stay safe WeeWeed.
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Said a prayer. Stay safe.
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It’s bad – tornados all around and it’s damn near 80* and still as death outside. Mostly going north toward AR, but allhellzapoppin’ shortly. With a whole lotta luck, nothing will happen, but it’s beaten a deadly path this direction so far.
See???? Here I am on death’s doorstep and my effin’ photonbucket doesn’t work…… I swan…….
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Hang in there Wee. Hope everything calms down in your neck of the woods, and everywhere else. We had a sunny 75 degree day, but more rain comes tomorrow.
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Stay safe. It seems as if the weather wants to get us all one way or the other, bury us in snow, drown us in water, blow us away or shake our houses to the ground.
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Praying for your safety WeeWeed.
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Prayers and thoughts
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Prayers for you and your family, Weed. Take shelter as best you can.
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Praying along with the rest Wee. Be ornery…..remember the good die young! 😦
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FBI hostage rescue team alerted, I’m turning the turbines on my Apachee now, will be there shortly. Get in the bunker, and pull the door shut, and bolted! Be safe MsWeeWeed.
Give us a commo check,,,,,,
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In between right now. Y’all are so sweet. ‘Course, the dam photonbucket still is dead. Big one coming in – looks like we’ll live. Arkansas seems to be taking the brunt this time. Good.
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Cheer up Wee…maybe it’ll take down the Clinton Double-wide (Library). 😉
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😀 😀 😀 I just woke up. Alive, obviously. Still active situation but much lessened…. the newswhores are trying hard to build it back up here.
Lots of little towns in bad circumstances but won’t know much until morning. And my frickin’ photonbucket’s still dead…..
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Bless you, WeeWeed.
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Happy to hear that you are safe and sound!
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Thank goodness your okay Ms.WeeWeed!
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