Top 10 New Years Resolutions

13/12/2007

New Year’s Eve is often the first time some people consider New Year’s resolutions. Partiers sip champagne and the conversation usually turns to how people propose to make the New Year a better one.

Flapjack Magazine has released a list of the 10 most popular New Year’s resolutions. The list includes: Lose weight and get fit, quit drinking, quit smoking, enjoy life more, spend more time with family and friends, find a better job, learn something new, volunteer and help others, get organised, get out of debt.

Some of these are firmly sworn to on New Year’s Day after a slamming night out on New Year’s Eve (namely the quit drinking and quit smoking resolutions). But are New Year’s resolutions made to be broken?

Experts recommend aiming low. Don’t commit to stop drinking completely. Set a goal of 3 weeks and then at the end of 3 weeks re-evaluate. Also write resolutions down in a diary and then record the process of trying to keep them. If you are trying to lose weight, write down what you are eating each day and try to spot trends of overeating. Write down a plan on how you will keep up with your New Year’s resolutions.