It is said that New Year’s resolutions are bound to be broken. Every year we vow to lose weight, get fit, stop smoking or get organized, just to name a few.
A 2007 study by Richard Wiseman from the University of Bristol involving 3,000 people showed that 88% of those who set New Year’s resolutions fail, despite the fact that 52% of the study’s participants were confident of success at the beginning. Men achieved their goal 22% more often when they engaged in goal setting, (a system where small measurable goals are being set; such as, a pound a week, instead of a general resolution to “lose weight”), while women succeeded 10% more when they made their goals public and got support from their friends.
My 2015 resolutions are lofty but attainable.
IN 2015:
> I will not ring the stewardess button on an airplane just to get her phone number.
> I will start buying lottery tickets at a luckier store.
> I will try to remember to replace the gas nozzle before driving away from the pump. (This seems to happen when I multitask pumping gas and buying scratch-off lottery tickets.)
> I will give up chocolate totally. 100%. Completely. Honestly…
> I won’t be convinced by that 2:00 a.m. infomercial that a product will change my life for three easy payments of $19.99.
> I’m going to incorporate “I don’t roll that way,” when I hear the phrase, “That’s how I roll.”
> I will try to pay off my credit cards each month without using other credit cards to do so.
> I will spend more time doing what really matters (binge-watching Netflix).
This is easy. I’m on a roll. I’m gonna lose weight! I’m gonna exercise every day! I’m gonna go on a diet and stick to it…
But first I might need to drop by Smallcakes to see if they need more January issues. And while I’m there... oh hello, gorgeous!
