{"id":6933,"date":"2019-12-31T16:22:18","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T15:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=6933"},"modified":"2019-12-31T16:35:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T15:35:22","slug":"are-you-making-a-new-years-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=6933","title":{"rendered":"Are You Making A New Year\u2019s Resolution?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Are You Making A New Year\u2019s Resolution?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The tradition of New Year\u2019s Resolutions has a long history, with people from many cultures across the globe making promises at the start of each year. Babylonians made promises to their gods that they would return borrowed objects and pay their debts. The Romans began each year by making promises to the god Janus, for whom the month of January is named. In the medieval era, the knights took the &#8220;peacock vow&#8221; at the end of the Christmas season to re-affirm their commitment to chivalry.<\/p>\n<p>If you are thinking of joining in, here are some ideas based on the <strong>top 10 most common New Year\u2019s Resolutions: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exercise More<\/li>\n<li>Lose Weight<\/li>\n<li>Get organised<\/li>\n<li>Learn a new skill or hobby<\/li>\n<li>Live life to the fullest<\/li>\n<li>Save more money<\/li>\n<li>Quit smoking or drink less<\/li>\n<li>Spend more time with family\/friends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you need more inspiration for this year, how about this advice from Billy Connolly \u2018Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that, who cares &#8230; He&#8217;s a mile away and you&#8217;ve got his shoes.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, your enthusiasm for New Year\u2019s resolutions may depend on your age. Recent <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6934\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=6934\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cartoon-New-Yr-1-twowomen.jpg?fit=417%2C411\" data-orig-size=\"417,411\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cartoon New Yr 1 twowomen\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cartoon-New-Yr-1-twowomen.jpg?fit=300%2C296\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cartoon-New-Yr-1-twowomen.jpg?fit=417%2C411\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6934\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cartoon-New-Yr-1-twowomen.jpg?resize=417%2C411\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cartoon-New-Yr-1-twowomen.jpg?w=417 417w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cartoon-New-Yr-1-twowomen.jpg?resize=300%2C296 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cartoon-New-Yr-1-twowomen.jpg?resize=90%2C90 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cartoon-New-Yr-1-twowomen.jpg?resize=75%2C75 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>research suggests young Brits are by far the most likely to make them, with more than a third of 18 to 24 year olds intending to do so, while only 15% of those over 65 will bother. On the plus side research shows that Americans are more likely to give up on their resolutions than we are.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So how likely are you to be successful with your resolutions? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A study of 3,000 people by Richard Wiseman from the <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6924\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=6924\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cartoon-New-Yr-2-Man-dog.jpg?fit=293%2C433\" data-orig-size=\"293,433\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cartoon New Yr 2 Man &#038; dog\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cartoon-New-Yr-2-Man-dog.jpg?fit=203%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cartoon-New-Yr-2-Man-dog.jpg?fit=293%2C433\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6924\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cartoon-New-Yr-2-Man-dog.jpg?resize=293%2C433\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cartoon-New-Yr-2-Man-dog.jpg?w=293 293w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cartoon-New-Yr-2-Man-dog.jpg?resize=203%2C300 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>University of Bristol showed that 88% of those who set New Year resolutions fail! People apparently have more success with small and measurable goals like \u2018lose a certain amount of weight in a week\u2019 rather than a more general resolution to lose weight. Pauline Wallin, PhD, psychologist and author of \u2018Taming Your Inner Brat\u2019 advises people to develop a realistic plan, build in imperfections and focus on small victories along the way. But beware! Recent research has discovered that the second Friday in January is the day when we are most likely to falter. So this year if you do make a New Year\u2019s Resolution be wary of \u2018Quitter\u2019s Day\u2019 Friday 10th January<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are You Making A New Year\u2019s Resolution? The tradition of New Year\u2019s Resolutions has a long history, with people from many cultures across the globe making promises at the start of each year. Babylonians made promises to their gods that they would return borrowed objects and pay their debts. The Romans began each year by making promises to the god [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[334,128,127],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-1NP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2388,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=2388","url_meta":{"origin":6933,"position":0},"title":"Further Musings of A Political Teenager","author":"Alan Williams","date":"3rd February 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 PLAY HARD, WORK HARD 2016:- A Summary. 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