Auld Lang Syne
Happy New Year! Lets wash all of 2024 off and begin fresh.
A large-scale experiment on New Year’s resolutions: Approach-oriented goals are more successful than avoidance-oriented goals – PMC
The most popular resolutions regarded physical health, weight loss, and eating habits. At a one-year follow-up, 55% of responders considered themselves successful in sustaining their resolutions. Participants with approach-oriented goals were significantly more successful than those with avoidance-oriented goals (58.9% vs. 47.1%). The group that received some support was exclusively and significantly more successful compared to the other two. This study reveals that New Year’s resolutions can have lasting effects, even at a one-year follow-up.
7 New Year’s Resolutions for Youth Sports Athletes – i9 Sports®
I will work on my sportsmanship.
Good sportsmanship means treating everyone involved in the game—including teammates, competing players, coaches, referees, and parents—with respect. There are lots of ways you can help your young athlete work on being a good sport:
New Year’s Resolutions For Sports Fans
1: Don’t blame the officials for a loss (This is for our friends in Manhattan)
Making any New Year’s resolutions? Here are some tips to help make them stick | AP News
As the new year dawns, so too does the opportunity for change. Experts say January can be a good time to reflect on self-improvement, but acknowledge it takes work to make resolutions stick.
A Different Approach to New Year’s Resolutions | UPMC MyHealth Matters
Several years ago I took a different, broader approach I call “Looking Back, Looking Forward.” It’s made a difference in my life, and it might change the way you think about New Year’s resolutions.
Will You Make Good on Your New Year’s Resolution?
We all tend to make resolutions that are aspirational—and thus quickly abandoned. And when societal systems are failing—in the form of widespread isolation and loneliness, wage exploitation and theft, violence, and mass death—it feels harder than ever to maintain a personal one that works.
65 Achievable New Year’s Resolutions for 2025
Yes, it’s that time of year again — time to set goals to work toward for the next 12 months. While new year resolutions have a bad rap, they really shouldn’t. With the big holidays behind us, January provides a mental fresh start and the freedom to say goodbye to whatever happened in 2024. It’s all a matter of setting the right new year resolutions.
What Is Better Than New Years Resolutions | Tony Robbins
Although we go into the new year with the best of intentions to make good on these goals, it doesn’t take long for many people to give up on their New Year’s resolution or to forget about it entirely.
New Year’s resolutions often don’t last. Here’s why they fail and how to keep them, according to an expert. – CBS News
Working up your list of resolutions for the new year? Studies show most New Year’s resolutions are bound to fail, so we asked an expert how to make the most of your 2025 goals.
Goals versus resolutions: What’s the difference?
The problem I have with resolutions is their lack of specificity. This is why my focus goes to setting personal and professional goals, since the mindset and approach to achieving a goal differs from that of a resolution.
QOTD: Are you goals or a resolutions type of person?