By Danny Atten, Opinions Staff Writer<\/p>\n
As the New Year begins, and we are exhausted by the holiday cheer and the shopping frenzy, we realize that once again we were ensnared in the flashing lights and the glorious sales of the commercial world, presents on Christmas and parties on New Year\u2019s. \u00a0Though the holidays are meant to spend time with family, relax and rewind, and celebrating all the good things in one’s life, so many lose sight of the point. \u00a0One of the biggest holidays of the year, New Year\u2019s, is commonly thought of as a time for change and for new beginnings.\u00a0 Many individuals during this time make New Year\u2019s Resolutions.\u00a0 Yet very few actually keep them.\u00a0 New Year\u2019s Resolutions have become an obsession of past years, a bygone of the last generation.<\/p>\n
According to the University of Scranton, Journal of Clinical Psychology, only 8% of those who made resolutions were successful in 2012.\u00a0 After looking at this number, one must ask the question:\u00a0 what is the point?\u00a0 The journal ranks the top 10 New Year\u2019s Resolutions for 2012:<\/p>\n
While these are noble resolutions, some, like falling in love, are not within our control, while others, like enjoying life to the fullest, are rather obvious.\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t everyone want to enjoy life to the fullest? \u00a0The journal further states that, among Americans, 55% almost never make a resolution anymore, proving further that resolutions have become a thing of the past.<\/p>\n
A common theme of New Year\u2019s is change, change for the better, and New Year\u2019s Resolutions embody this idea of change, but in a potentially negative way.\u00a0 There is no point in making a goal that has little chance of being completed; in fact, it could only have a negative effect, showing people that such goals are unachievable, unreachable, and unimportant.\u00a0 In fact, one may ask, why do we make resolutions at all?\u00a0 What is the point of resolving to lose weight or stop smoking if you never intended to do it anyway?\u00a0 Is it to better ourselves or to comfort ourselves?\u00a0 Perhaps that\u2019s the first questions we need to ask.\u00a0 If we need to make ourselves better, why must it take a resolution to do that?\u00a0 If we need to create ourselves anew, why must it only happen in the New Year? To this I say there is no point. \u00a0You don\u2019t have to wait for a new year to make a change.\u00a0 Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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