New Year's resolutions you shouldn't make 46 Articles

by Amelia Tibbett

A New Year's Resolution is according to the American Heritage Dictionary, The state or quality of being resolute; firm determination. A resolving to do something. Every year, millions of Americans make a New Years Resolut...read more

by Blue State Cowgirl

Lose weight. Stop smoking. Get in shape. Save money. Am I right? These are the resolutions 90% of us will make this year. But these are the resolutions we should NEVER make. Why? Because they are too broad, too undefine...read more

by C.V.Rajan

Every one of us have a list of bad qualities and habits in us that we would like to get rid of, if only we can. The difficulty to get rid of a bad habit is directly proportional to the intensity with which we are attached ...read more

by Rhonda Coyle

As I reflect on another year gone by; ponder a new year dawning, and sit in the present moment with an overwhelming sense of failing to uphold the resolutions I did not live up to, yet again; I find my self asking one ques...read more

by Destiny Eve

It is tradition to make a New Years Resolution. Many people make the same resolution over and over. Others like myself try to make a new one each year. As we grow older our life changes. Maybe as a teenager we made the res...read more

by Rex Trulove

Top on the list of 'should not do's' is anything that is very specific. "I resolve that I'm going to lose 30 pounds by summer" is an example. The time frame isn't bad, but by specifically saying 30 pounds, you are settin...read more

by Rose Conrad

As someone with very little willpower, my immediate reaction is to say you shouldn't make New Year's resolutions at all. That way they can't be broken and depress you! But seriously, I guess the answer to this question, is...read more

by Sita

I'm a firm believer in not setting yourself up to fail, which is exactly what New Year's resolutions seem to do to most people. It's a wonderful thought to pick a goal for self-improvement, but why do we have to make it so...read more

by Christa Mcfarland

I once stated firmly I would lose some weight. Through out that year I actually gained five pounds. Another year I just knew that I would get up early every day after the first of the year walking five miles for my he...read more

by Simone Durand

Making a New Year's resolution is really walking down a slippery slope. People usually choose to fix something they are deeply unhappy conflicted about. Weight loss, smoking cessation, giving up drinking. These are a...read more

by L. Beall

New years resolutions are something we all make and break each year. There are some we shouldn't make at all. You know the impossible goals we set for ourselves. There are those that set the resolutions to high and exp...read more

by Christine G.

SEVEN WAYS TO BLOW YOUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS OUT THE WINDOW Making resolutions is fun. Keeping them isn't. If you follow these simple steps in planning and actualizing your resolutions, you can avoid the pain of s...read more

by Koren Ribken

It's easy to sit and contemplate the items in our life we want to change. The disastrous bad habits we have. We start a new year with the utmost confidence that this will be the year we can make all the changes we need t...read more

by Ted Sherman

The people who break the most New Year's resolutions are celebrities. With their flighty lifestyles, overdone publicity and too much money, they're always breaking 'em within just a day or two of making 'em. To save time a...read more

by Travis Mitchell

New Year's resolutions are silly at best. Quitting smoking, losing a few pounds, spending more time with the family, we plan our own betterment with false confidence, thinking our resolve stronger this year than it was the...read more

by Candy Adderley-Dawe

Tucked FAR back in the lower bottom end of my dresser is a list, and on this list Ive still got all of my New Year's Resolutions that I made from last year. It's quite easy to remember I can assure you because I haven't...read more

by Ethel Smith

Oh dear it's approaching that time of year again when we all get a little too drunk, a little overly sentimental and we start to make resolutions that we haven't got a hope in Hell of keeping. Apart from there being some N...read more

by Lers Thisayakorn

Tip Making New Year Resolution The Chinese say the best time to make plan for the year is at the beginning. The British has New Year resolution made in the beginning of the year too. All these tell us that the time to ...read more

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by Susan Kleinhans

Everyone naturally assumes that people are in a very positive frame of mind as they select ten or more resolutions for the coming year. Typically, all of them involve some aspect of minor or major improvements on the ...read more

by Susan Dunn

Okay, so new year equals new start, right? I think it's time we all realize the truth, even if it is a little pathetic...er, slightly depressing. The so-called "new year" is really only a continuation of the previous twelv...read more