{"id":835,"date":"2012-01-20T16:53:36","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T16:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=835"},"modified":"2012-01-20T16:53:36","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T16:53:36","slug":"hold-on-to-your-resolutions-with-both-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2012\/01\/20\/hold-on-to-your-resolutions-with-both-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Hold on to your resolutions with both hands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lakeia Thurman<\/strong>
\nStaff Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n

The year 2012 is here at last and many of us, myself included, are filled with excitement and anticipation about the possibilities this year can bring, while others are indifferent and consider it to be \u201cjust another year.\u201d<\/p>\n

New Year.\u00a0 The phrase conjures up images of all night parties, kissing strangers at midnight for luck, and drinking until\u00a0 the only year you can remember is 2012! But New Year\u2019s isn\u2019t just about kissing the past year goodbye, it\u2019s about reevaluation and self-reflection. This is the perfect time to examine everything that happened to you the past year, whether good or bad, and to take the lessons you learned and apply it to 2012.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the time to\u00a0 reevaluate the decisions you made and think about what you may have done differently. The new year is the catalyst for making changes within ourselves, to sit and think about the person we were last year and decide if we want to change not only other\u2019s perception of us, but our own perception of ourselves. We, as humans, are continuously growing and changing we never fully stay the same.<\/p>\n

For instance, I\u2019ve sat and thought about everything that I did and said in 2011 and I\u2019ve reflected that the person I was then will not be the person I am now in 2012. My New Year\u2019s resolution is to not only do well in all my classes, but to become a better person.<\/p>\n

Every one of us has been asked that dreaded question: \u201cWhat\u2019s your New Year\u2019s resolution?\u201d And if you\u2019re anything like me, you needed a minute to make up something noble and unrealistic.<\/p>\n

According to USA.gov, the top ten most common New Year\u2019s resolutions are: 1) Lose weight,\u00a0 2) Get fit, 3) Eat Healthy 4) Get better grades\/go back to school, 5) Manage money better, 6) Communicate better\u00a0 7) Be more confident, 8) travel, 9) Quit smoking\/drinking, 10) Spend more time with loved ones.<\/p>\n

Although these are the most common, people make many different types of resolutions. For example, \u201cI\u2019m going to be a nicer, kinder guy,\u201d said Andrew, a little boy I happened to meet, but sadly right after saying that he threw his pet puppy across the sreet. This just goes to show that its easier said than done to stick to even the most positive of resolutions.<\/p>\n

There are plenty of resolutions that we hear the people around us say, but never get around to actually doing.<\/p>\n

Take one of my friends for instance, he decided his New Year\u2019s resolution would be to go on a diet.\u00a0 Five days after Jan. 1st, he gave up and gave in to three baked potatoes and a chilli-dog. The type of diet that my friend engaged in may have been the reason that he gave up on his resolution to lose weight. There are many different types of dietary programs out there, but finding the right one for you can be complicated.<\/p>\n

My friend was on the Formula diet, a weight loss plan that replaces one or more meals with a liquid formula. Because of the diet he chose, he set himself up for failure. How can a person who is use to eating cheeseburgers and pizza go to drinking liquid brocoli and cheese? In my opinon, the Exchange-type diet would have been the better and easier one for my friend to stick to because it is a meal plan with a set number of servings from each of the different food groups.<\/p>\n

Diets are never easy to stick to, but people have to know who they are inside and choose a diet based on their preferences.<\/p>\n

How many of our friends actually follow through on their New Year\u2019s resolution? In the past we would say not many, but this is a new day! It\u2019s 2012 and anything is possible. President Barack Obama is proof of that! As the First (and hopefully not last) African-American elected as President of the United States of America, we see that something that many of us believed could and would never happen in our lifetime, especially those of us in the South, is possible.<\/p>\n

So I have faith that everyone that has a resolution\u00a0 in mind to keep trying and to not give up. The fun is in attempting your goal, that\u2019s what matters.
\nAs for my New Year\u2019s resolution, I\u2019m holding on to it with both hands because I\u2019m determined to keep mine.<\/p>\n

The views expressed in the commentary are those of the writer(s) and in no way represent the views of The Blue & White Flash.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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