New Me

Each and every year, the phrase ‘New year, new me’ sweeps social media. And every January, I see an influx of people admitting they’ve failed their resolutions just a few days in. 

Some promised to quit smoking, stop eating unhealthy foods and go on a diet, to study harder and to go workout at gym. But after a week or a month, you're back at smoking again, eating a lot of junk foods, playing with your gadgets instead of studying and made excuses not to go to the gym. Why? Because it seems silly to give yourself a time limit to change. It piles on pressure to start right away and make drastic decisions. Because let’s face it, most of us have thought ‘What’s the point?’ when breaking one so early on. So let’s stop it with the resolutions, and focus on bettering ourselves in the long-run, not just when the date on the calendar fits. Give yourself time to focus on what you want for yourself. Think about how you’re going to go about things. 

Knowing that you’re not forcing yourself to make these changes by a certain date will also give you confidence that if you have an off day, or you fall into old routine, you can pick things up and continue rather than giving up then starting all over again next year. So let’s stop it with the ‘New year, new me’, and focus on just the ‘new me’. 






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