With each passing year, our resolutions seemingly become more and more ambitious, but subsequently harder and harder to achieve. By now, most Americans have already given up on their serious resolutions. This begs the question: have we had it wrong all this time? Perhaps we can benefit from approaching these goals with a different mindset?
Tag: New Year’s Resolutions
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New year, new ways to ponder existence
Welcome 2024! In a general sense, I’m getting increasingly terrified about the future for a whole slew of reasons. But I’m not writing to cover the socioeconomic or political state of the world going into the new year, I simply do not have the bandwidth or omniscience to get into it. I am writing to […]
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“It’s not about obsession or perfection”: How the Cal Poly community plans to tackle 2021 with New Year’s resolutions
With a year marked by social unrest and a pandemic, Cal Poly students and staff are looking forward to 2021 — creating New Year’s resolutions inspired by the past year.
Posted inBack to School 2018
How to stick to your new year’s resolution
Not sure how to set successful new year’s goals? Here’s how experts say you should prioritize your goals.
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How to stick to New Year’s resolutions
Here’s how to ensure a 2017 to be proud of, in which your resolution will be just as strong in December as it was on New Year’s Day.
Posted inFeatures
Resolving your New Year’s resolutions
Whether it’s to lose a few pounds or be a better person, resolutions are a staple to the festivities.
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Making a change: the psychology behind New Year’s resolutions
Sam Gilbert is a journalism sophomore and Mustang Daily health columnist. Remember at the start of 2012 when you swore you’d stick to your resolution to lose five pounds or to take up a new hobby? Yeah, we remember too. A year later and here we are again. Don’t worry, though; you’re not alone. It’s […]
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Keep your New Year’s resolution? There’s an app for that!
Aryn Sanderson arynsanderson.md@gmail.com The easiest part of New Year’s resolutions? Making them. The hardest? Keeping them. Today is National Ditch Your New Year’s Resolution Day. But if you haven’t broken your 2013 resolution yet, these smart phone apps — and their real-life Cal Poly equivalents — will help you follow through. Resolution #1: Eat healthier […]
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Kick off a healthy new year with the pomegranate
Heather Rockwood is a food science junior and Mustang Daily food columnist. A new quarter, a new year and a fresh new start. Every year, the same New Year’s resolutions consistently resurface as most important across the nation: losing weight, eating healthier and spending more time with loved ones.