New Years Resolutions All Year by Jane Thurnell-Read

I thought that now was a good time to review what has happened to our new year's resolutions. Have you kept to your new year's resolutions? Sadly most of us haven't, and many of us have given up trying. But why is this? Are you going to wait another 10 months before you try again? Many people give up if they fail once. You are putting unreasonable pressure on yourself if you do this.

In one of the British Heart Foundation publications I came across a lovely phrase: " A lapse is not a collapse". In other words, because you've failed once, it doesn't mean you've failed completely. Sometimes you have to fail several (or even many) times before you succeed. Thomas Edison said: "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

So, have a look back at those abandoned resolutions. Were they worth making in the first place? If they were, then dust them off and try again. Start thinking positively; you can do it! Get yourself motivated again.

But remember that insanity has been defined as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. So it may be time to reconnect with your goal, but to try a different strategy to achieve it.

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