Will you make a New Year resolution this year? What will it be?

Although I am usually one of those who tries to make New Year resolutions in good faith that I mean to do what I resolve, I do admit that they usually "fall by the wayside" eventually, or else I don't accomplish as much as I want to and then feel bad about that frustration. Although I have written pen pal letters since I was very young (and still have my very first pen pal as a special friend! ), most years I do resolve to answer more often.

This past year I found internet article writing and have had to set aside a lot of things as I've concentrated hard (and used most of my time) to build up my "writing business". So I have been lax in my letter or e-mail writing to friends. I am still catching up with overdue letters in with my cards (have now bought Happy New Year cards so I can continue on with those I didn't get to in time for Christmas!) As I write those letters and realize how much I've missed those mostly long-time friends and some family, I know it will make my heart happy if I am in touch with them more often.

So I am seriously making a resolution I want to keep this New Year and hope this one will end up being what I will indeed accomplish. I will have to make a real effort to set aside a certain amount of time for this important activity and make it a priority.

I will not be making one. Frankly, they just don't seem to work, as you said, and if something is important, it should gradually become a part of your lifestyle, not just a flash-in-the-pan, all-or-nothing type of thing, with resolutions seem to be. Last year, I made the "resolution" to try to be happier, and I will continue that.It's not a concrete thing like "I will lose 10 pounds," or "starting January 1st, I will never eat another carb!

" but it's a long-term project that changes and evolves all the time. It's actually more of my life goal. I am trying to figure out what I want and need, so I can get as much out of this life as possible.

I don't give myself any set parameters, have any "consequences" for slipping, or any ruler I use to measure progress or success. I will, however, be using January 1st as a marker for an experiment I need to do. I need to figure out if I am gluten intolerant, and so I need to avoid eating wheat products for 30 days.

I will probably start that on the 1st, not as a resolution, but just as a convenient way to remember when 30 days is up. I think resolutions are too much pressure. Who needs that in their new year?

You just begin the new year feeling like a failure. Resolutions are also, it seems, an excuse to put something off. Diets, for instance, often fail because people have that "I'm starting the diet on the 1st, so I need to eat and eat and eat since it's my last chance ever!

" attitude, even if it's subconscious. I just do my best with myself all the time. Easier and more rewarding.

I think the reason resolutions don't work is because there are no repercussions for quitting. You can just decide you're not going through with your resolutions and stop, and by the end of January no one cares. For years my resolution was to quit smoking and it never worked.

I'd make it a couple days or weeks or whatever. I finally quit for good in April of this year. I do not need to lose any weight so that has never been a resolution.

I have been working on living frugally this past year, although it wasn't a resolution. I plan on continuing that and trying to stick to a budget, not as a New Year's resolution, just an attempt at living better. This is the only thing that has somewhat of a repercussion, if I don't stick to the budget and waste money I end up in debt.

Otherwise there's no real loss for not sticking to resolutions.

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