On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Luna wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Martha Gallagher <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, AngieRose wrote:
> >
> > > Ok so low-carb is a life long resolution so that would be out for
> > > this group so what if any will your resolution be?
> > >
> >
> > I was thinking about this today while musing on the comparatively large
> > numbers of people invading what is usually my private gym. We all know
> > that most of those people will have fallen by the wayside in a couple of
> > weeks. What I'm wondering is whether New Years resolutions work at all.
> >
> > Has anyone had success sticking with a significant New Year's resolution?
> > If so, how does your success with NYR compare with other times when you
> > have determined to make life changes?
> >
> > Martha
>
> Interesting. I haven't made New Year's Resolutions since I was a kid, but
> I don't think I ever kept any. All my major lifestyle changes only happen
> when I get more fed up with the results of not changing than I am afraid of
> the effort of changing.
>
This is what I suspect to be true. I think calendar milestones can be a
useful time to take stock of the changes we probably ought to be making,
but changes made at those milestones don't usually have enough impetus for
them to become permanent. That's why I think that eventually you will be
successful in giving up smoking - you're not doing it because it's the new
year, you're doing it because at some level you want to not be a smoker
anymore.
In any case, while individually I wish them success, I wish the
interlopers in my gym would give up early. I like being able to just veg
on the elliptical without having others around.
<g>
Martha
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