The most well-meaning New Year resolutions!

The most well-meaning New Year resolutions!
ARADHANA V BHATNAGAR31 December 2009, 12:00am IST

Are resolutions made each year only to be broken even before one can say Jack Robinson? Even though the spirit is willing, daily pressures and
circumstances make it difficult for people to adhere to them. We take a look at the ones that are loaded with good intentions...

The last two days of the year are always a little heavy for me. Looking back, I can’t help but feel ‘this will never come back again in my life’. Now whether ‘this’ was a good one or not-so-good is another story, but yes I do feel, like many countless others, that this year I will endeavour to be a better person – change that one irritating trait of mine or take on a brand new ‘good habit’.

The Oxford dictionary defines the word ‘resolution’ as a firm determination to carry out a thought. It is a commitment that an individual makes to a project or the reforming of a habit, often a lifestyle change that is generally interpreted as advantageous.

In the New Year everyone comes up with one resolution which they hope to carry forward. They somehow go through a month, but come March, it’s all forgotten and the bad habits are back to being a topic of dinner conversation.

Let 2010 be different! Set a precedent and ensure you and your children, if any, make a resolution and stick by it.

Here are some resolutions which are the most well-meaning:

- Self related: To be more forgiving; organised; helpful; less temperamental; patient.

- Health related: To stop drinking and smoking; lose weight; give up junk food and colas.

- Finance related: To save money, not buy on impulse.

- Career related: To not job hop frequently, be more diligent, accommodating.

- Family related: To visit parents, aunts often, express love.

- Home related: To spring clean regularly, not hoard.

- Environment related: To save water, power and plant trees.

SOURCE: TIMES OF INDIA