How to Set Realistic New Year's Resolutions

Series Summary

With the approach of the winter holidays comes the inevitable New Year's Resolutions. The tradition of New Year's Resolutions dates back to ancient Rome, when a mythical kind named Janus was placed at the head of the calender to look at both past and future events. These commitments and goals to make certain lifestyle changes are often set for the first day of the new year, and for many people, are frequently broken soon after. Many New Year's Resolutions in Western cultures focus on loosing weight, eating better or quitting smoking.

Whatever your New Year's Resolution is going be, chances are you may have trouble keep to your goals. In this free video series, our expert will teach you how to make and keep New Year's Resolutions. Learn how to set realistic goals, make a list and be specific with your New Year's Resolutions. Get tips on how to mark successful goals, and what to do if your resolutions fail. If you are concerned about the approaching New Year's, let our expert give you the keys to a successful resolution.

Video Transcript

"Hi! I'm Cat Tiffin with Expert Village and today I'm going to walk you through how to make a New Year's resolution and to stick to it. Now, the first thing that you would like to do is actually set a list of realistic goals for yourself. If your goal is to stop smoking, then obviously, you don't necessarily want to quit cold turkey. As someone who you use to smoke, I understand it's difficult. What you want to do is say okay I'm going to cut down on my cigarettes and eventually taper off. If your goal at the end of this year is to be concert pianist and you've never actually touched a piano, I don't necessarily think that's a realistic goal for you. If however you're pretty good at playing the guitar and you want to definitely learn 5 or 6 new songs from a new album that you got that you love by the end of the year, I think that is a realistic goal. You would need to actually jot some of those down. I'm going to show you how to do that here in the next clip or two."