Comments on: How To Stick To A New Year's Resolution? http://successelixir.net/how-to-stick-to-new-year-resolution/ Dedicated to helping you to achieve extraordinary success! Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:50:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Olufemi http://successelixir.net/how-to-stick-to-new-year-resolution/#comment-1017 Olufemi Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:24:52 +0000 http://successelixir.net/how-to-stick-to-new-year-resolution/#comment-1017 Kaled, hi! Today, the calendar tells us that the year has 'come to an end.' This is only a choice. We can, and should accept that starting from tomorrow (January 1, 2009), something new and exciting must begin in our lives. Thank you for all your articles in 2008. I look forward to a better 2009! Kaled, hi!
Today, the calendar tells us that the year has 'come to an end.' This is only a choice. We can, and should accept that starting from tomorrow (January 1, 2009), something new and exciting must begin in our lives.
Thank you for all your articles in 2008. I look forward to a better 2009!

]]> By: Minakshee http://successelixir.net/how-to-stick-to-new-year-resolution/#comment-1014 Minakshee Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:11:17 +0000 http://successelixir.net/how-to-stick-to-new-year-resolution/#comment-1014 hi, this is just fantastic way to do our year resolution with perfect manner,just we want like this step to be perform to acheives our goal in our life...If we r well keeping our resolution ,we'll definetly get success in our life... thanku very much... hi,
this is just fantastic way to do our year resolution with perfect manner,just we want like this step to be perform to acheives our goal in our life…If we r well keeping our resolution ,we'll definetly get success in our life…
thanku very much…

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]]> By: Kaled Asmri http://successelixir.net/how-to-stick-to-new-year-resolution/#comment-894 Kaled Asmri Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:54:02 +0000 http://successelixir.net/how-to-stick-to-new-year-resolution/#comment-894 Pure wisdom Jackie... I congratulate you. Let me quote this from you (I liked it so much): <blockquote>Just any day in the year - 25th July, 14th October, 3rd March - can be the first day of the rest of our life if we wish it to be that way.</blockquote> A very valuable tip, thanks again Jackie. Kaled. Pure wisdom Jackie… I congratulate you. Let me quote this from you (I liked it so much):

Just any day in the year – 25th July, 14th October, 3rd March – can be the first day of the rest of our life if we wish it to be that way.

A very valuable tip, thanks again Jackie.

Kaled.

]]> By: jackieh http://successelixir.net/how-to-stick-to-new-year-resolution/#comment-893 jackieh Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:30:16 +0000 http://successelixir.net/how-to-stick-to-new-year-resolution/#comment-893 Hi Kaled, Thanks for your reply. Yes this may be true for people who have structured plans for the longer term - for example in their professional life, business and so on :-) especially in those fields indeed, because calendar years and calendar months are usually deadlines in that context (just think of accountancy or bookkeeping for example). But on a more general basis I tend to consider this "1st-January fetichism" as a kind of superstition. Just any day in the year - 25th July, 14th October, 3rd March - can be the first day of the rest of our life if we wish it to be that way. Whereas there are so many ritual "New Year Day resulutions" that we realise we never held on to when next 31st December comes (just think of the surge in gym attendance between 1st and 15th January, and the decrease that follows). As far as I'm concerned the big changes I made in my life (working out for example, or eathing healthier) never came together with New Year's Day. They came right in the middle of the year, at a random date. 1st January is rather sterile for me in that field, so I consider it more as a kind of superstition and "magical thinking" than anything else. It's more about social ritual and symbolic value than about personal reality. What matters is not the day of the year. What matters is not the day's symbolic value (whether it is New Year's Day, birthday, anniversary celebration, National Day or whatever - any such "milestone" can be used as a "turning pike" if we are looking for a symbol). What matters is the conscious decision we make to change something concrete and specific in our lives in order to make them better. Whenever that happens - it happens NOW, whenever "now" is. At least that's my opinion - but maybe I'm wrong :-) Cheers, Jackie Hi Kaled,

Thanks for your reply.

Yes this may be true for people who have structured plans for the longer term – for example in their professional life, business and so on :-) especially in those fields indeed, because calendar years and calendar months are usually deadlines in that context (just think of accountancy or bookkeeping for example).

But on a more general basis I tend to consider this "1st-January fetichism" as a kind of superstition.

Just any day in the year – 25th July, 14th October, 3rd March – can be the first day of the rest of our life if we wish it to be that way. Whereas there are so many ritual "New Year Day resulutions" that we realise we never held on to when next 31st December comes (just think of the surge in gym attendance between 1st and 15th January, and the decrease that follows).

As far as I'm concerned the big changes I made in my life (working out for example, or eathing healthier) never came together with New Year's Day. They came right in the middle of the year, at a random date. 1st January is rather sterile for me in that field, so I consider it more as a kind of superstition and "magical thinking" than anything else. It's more about social ritual and symbolic value than about personal reality.

What matters is not the day of the year. What matters is not the day's symbolic value (whether it is New Year's Day, birthday, anniversary celebration, National Day or whatever – any such "milestone" can be used as a "turning pike" if we are looking for a symbol).

What matters is the conscious decision we make to change something concrete and specific in our lives in order to make them better. Whenever that happens – it happens NOW, whenever "now" is.

At least that's my opinion – but maybe I'm wrong :-)

Cheers,

Jackie

]]> By: Kaled Asmri http://successelixir.net/how-to-stick-to-new-year-resolution/#comment-892 Kaled Asmri Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:44:24 +0000 http://successelixir.net/how-to-stick-to-new-year-resolution/#comment-892 Hi Jackieh, thanks for your comment. I think that people used to look back at the end of the year to see what they have achieved, and hope for a better performance for next year. Beside the long-term planning that some people use for 1, 2, 3 or even 15 years personal plan. Kaled. Hi Jackieh, thanks for your comment.

I think that people used to look back at the end of the year to see what they have achieved, and hope for a better performance for next year. Beside the long-term planning that some people use for 1, 2, 3 or even 15 years personal plan.

Kaled.

]]> By: jackieh http://successelixir.net/how-to-stick-to-new-year-resolution/#comment-891 jackieh Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:23:08 +0000 http://successelixir.net/how-to-stick-to-new-year-resolution/#comment-891 On the topic of the link between resolutions and New Year's Day, this article (in French): http://humeursmeteo.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!AABA3AB708792DB3!124.entry The end of the article is here: http://humeursmeteo.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!AABA3AB708792DB3!125.entry On the topic of the link between resolutions and New Year's Day, this article (in French):

http://humeursmeteo.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!AABA3AB708792DB3!124.entry

The end of the article is here:

http://humeursmeteo.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!AABA3AB708792DB3!125.entry

]]> By: jackieh http://successelixir.net/how-to-stick-to-new-year-resolution/#comment-890 jackieh Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:16:33 +0000 http://successelixir.net/how-to-stick-to-new-year-resolution/#comment-890 <em>"New Year’s day is just another day"</em>: so true - and by this token, why should resolutions have anything to do with New Year's Day?? (except of course for the purely sYMBOLIC value of that day) "New Year’s day is just another day": so true – and by this token, why should resolutions have anything to do with New Year's Day??

(except of course for the purely sYMBOLIC value of that day)

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