Like many people, I’ve gone through a variety of versions of resolutions: New Year’s resolutions, resolutions made at the start of the academic year (“I’ll do all of my maths homework”, thought an optimistic 17-year-old me), even thinking I was above resolutions. After some experimenting, I’ve found that the best resolutions for me are the […]
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That’s So 2017
With every new year comes a wave of new year’s resolutions. It is an opportunity discard everything we do not like about ourselves and embrace new lifestyles. However, there is a reason most new year’s resolutions fail or worse, do not even make it to the end of January. This can be attributed to the […]
Are We Wasting Our Time on New Year’s Resolutions?
New Year’s Resolutions – for better or worse – are a cultural tradition that spans the globe, encouraging people to self-reflect and enter the New Year with a set of clear goals in mind. Despite more than 4000 years of existence, this now mostly secular practice still riles debate on its usefulness, effectiveness and potential […]