The New Year brings the determination to change and improve ourselves from the previous year. How many people do you know that actually carry out their New Year's Resolution? Now, I'm not saying they need to stick to this goal every single day for a year, but can they get back up and keep going even if they have gotten off track? More than likely we mostly see people starting off ambitious but that determination often dies the moment we get off track. Is this actually our lack of determination in the long run? Personally I think a lot of it has to do with how New Year's Resolutions are represented in the media.
Right around the time of the approaching new year, the topic of resolutions dominates the stories on many social media sites. I was exposed mostly to those on the "Discover" page on Snapchat that features mini article from companies such as Cosmopolitan, People, Buzzfeed, and Daily Mail. However, I noticed a common pattern among these articles. They all went along the lines of being really confident in our resolutions on the first day, and then on the day after, we would ditch these changes. I think because these companies have already created love marks in thousands of people and have established themselves as "cool", many of us absorb this "lazy" stereotype of young people without being tentative enough. In attempts to become this common stereotype, many of us have taken on the challenge of a resolution just to fail purposely.
That is so true, and in the process we as the consumer unnecessarily spends money, which is what happens a lot. New Years Resolutions were first started when ancient peoples like the Babylonians and Romans made promises to gods. Of course, since we are all imperfect, I doubt all of these were kept. So I guess that's the question of all this: Why promise things when there is never a 100% guarantee?
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