Is there still a place for New Year's Resolutions in today's world? Is it a lost art that we should give up on or does it have some meaning?
I think that the idea of "New Year's Resolutions" has been ridiculous from the start, although I understand why people make them. In theory, people believe that the start of a new year allows them to make a new start with their lives or change something that they've been wanting to change. The idea of the New Year's Resolution is more of an excuse than anything, really.
Instead of New Year's Resolutions, we should just be making change. If someone has something they want to change about themselves or something that they want to do with their lives, instead of waiting for a new year, resolve to just do it. Waiting to make a change is just an excuse.
I'm sure it works for some people, but really, people should strive to better themselves.
I agree! People should always be working towards making improvements in their lives. But the majority of people don't. New Year's Resolutions give them a chance. It is almost a social norm to create a resolution and throughly embedded in our culture. This allows the people who aren't self-improvers to do some self improving once a year.
For everyone that is a self-improver, it just proves to be annoying. Their lack of commitment can be frustrating as well.
But New Year's Resolutions still prove to be beneficial for the masses.
I wonder if they actually are, though. I completely agree with your observation and I happen to agree that I think people who aren't self-improvers use the idea of a New Year's Resolution to try and actually make that change, but I wonder how many people actually follow through on it.
Finding statistics on this will obviously be near-to-impossible to find out, but I have a feeling that those people make the resolution around the New Year time and then don't keep it. I know that I'm not a person who makes them, so I wouldn't know. I'd love to hear from people who do make them and/or someone who has succeeded with one!
