Resolving for the New Year
December 28th 2007 08:15
Category: Indian Sciences
A New Year's Resolution is a commitment that an individual makes to a project or a habit, often a lifestyle change that is generally interpreted as advantageous and more importantly the individual perceives as beneficial to him. The name comes from the fact that these commitments normally go into effect on New Year's Day and remain until the set goal has been achieved, although many resolutions go unachieved and are often broken fairly shortly after they are set.
Many New Year resolutions involve maintaining peak vitality, physical fitness, or appearance. For example, one person's goal might be to reduce or to eliminate intake of alcohol, tobacco or other such harmful habits. The most common New Year’s resolution is weight loss. A student may make a resolution to stay focused in class or to complete all of his assignments. Resolutions to eat sensibly or increase exercise are also quite common.
Last year I wrote an article on the language of New Year Resolution which due to the blog being new at the time and not having garnered sufficient regular readers, was not well read.
Below is the gist of that post.
1. The language of the new year resolution should be in present continuous tense. This is important because psychologists across the world believe that the tense best understood by the sub-conscious is the present continuous tense and till the time the resolution does not internalize to the level of sub-conscious the chances of its fulfillment are
dim.
2. Not only should you resolve to do or not do a particular activity you should also include (in the language of the resolution) the benefits that you will gain with it. For example, quit smoking will improve your health, reduce breathlessness, increase oxygen supply in your lungs, and spare money for you to splurge or save.
3. Repeat your resolution at a fixed time everyday.
4. Visualize the success of the resolution.
For a detailed post and example, please visit the earlier post by clicking -> "The language of New Year Resolution".
Happy New Year
Ma Upma
Images from www.lifedynamix.com and www.ahajokes.com
Many New Year resolutions involve maintaining peak vitality, physical fitness, or appearance. For example, one person's goal might be to reduce or to eliminate intake of alcohol, tobacco or other such harmful habits. The most common New Year’s resolution is weight loss. A student may make a resolution to stay focused in class or to complete all of his assignments. Resolutions to eat sensibly or increase exercise are also quite common.
Last year I wrote an article on the language of New Year Resolution which due to the blog being new at the time and not having garnered sufficient regular readers, was not well read.
Below is the gist of that post.
1. The language of the new year resolution should be in present continuous tense. This is important because psychologists across the world believe that the tense best understood by the sub-conscious is the present continuous tense and till the time the resolution does not internalize to the level of sub-conscious the chances of its fulfillment are
2. Not only should you resolve to do or not do a particular activity you should also include (in the language of the resolution) the benefits that you will gain with it. For example, quit smoking will improve your health, reduce breathlessness, increase oxygen supply in your lungs, and spare money for you to splurge or save.
3. Repeat your resolution at a fixed time everyday.
4. Visualize the success of the resolution.
For a detailed post and example, please visit the earlier post by clicking -> "The language of New Year Resolution".
Happy New Year
Ma Upma
Images from www.lifedynamix.com and www.ahajokes.com
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