2009 is in full-swing; the blissful early months of the New Year have come and gone, and even the Lenten Season has arrived just in time.However, even amidst the whirlwind of homework, sports, friends and family, now seems like a good occasion to check in on those archaic and most possibly unfinished resolutions.
Have you improved your grades? Been more respectful to your parents? Eaten better and maintained a healthy lifestyle? If not, don’t fret. You’re not alone.
2009 is in full-swing; the blissful early months of the New Year have come and gone, and even the Lenten Season has arrived just in time.
However, even amidst the whirlwind of homework, sports, friends and family, now seems like a good occasion to check in on those archaic and most possibly unfinished resolutions.
Have you improved your grades? Been more respectful to your parents? Eaten better and maintained a healthy lifestyle?
If not, don’t fret. You’re not alone.
According to a recent survey by Washington-based motivational company Living on the Up Beat, 92 percent of Americans don’t keep their New Year’s Resolutions, while 45 percent of them can’t make it past the first month of January.
Like the saying goes, many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits.
With this in mind, what keeps us from fulfilling our goals?
As I sit here writing this, with my hand reaching for the popcorn and my only inspiration the anthropomorphic cartoon of Chester the Cheetah,
I may not be the most qualified to offer advice. Nevertheless, I’ll take a stab in the dark.
In order to change your old, unwanted habits, replace them with better, healthier ones. If you are able to reach a milestone on your way to accomplishing your resolution, reward yourself.
And lastly, don’t give up. There seems to be a fitting piece of advice from the great Winston Churchill that seems to sum up this idea in a deeply profound manner: "Never, never, never give up!"