30 Hilariously Accurate Tweets About New Year’s Resolutions

New Year’s resolutions have become tradition at this point. Even if you don’t partake in it, there will certainly be a contingent of people who crave change and the new year is a great symbolic moment for a fresh start.It’s also a great time forthe othercontingent of folks to start taking jabs at it in the form of posts, memes, and reactions because we all know the gym is going to be empty roughly a month or two later.This post may includeaffiliate links.

It’s also a great time forthe othercontingent of folks to start taking jabs at it in the form of posts, memes, and reactions because we all know the gym is going to be empty roughly a month or two later.

This post may includeaffiliate links.

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So, why are New Year’s resolutions so prevalent and observed in many parts of the world? The short answer is thatthey’re important and healthy.One of the reasons has already been hinted at in the introduction and that is that resolutions can provide a fresh start. “New Year, new me”, after all.

So, why are New Year’s resolutions so prevalent and observed in many parts of the world? The short answer is thatthey’re important and healthy.

One of the reasons has already been hinted at in the introduction and that is that resolutions can provide a fresh start. “New Year, new me”, after all.

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The new year is like hitting kind of a reset button, which allows you to set new goals (or pretend they’re new, but they’re actually old, just needed a revisit). Whatever the case, it’s a nice symbolic time to reflect and refocus your priorities in life. And with that, you gain more clarity, you finally have a direction to work towards, which in turn allows you to plan and be prepared for the challenges ahead.

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If anything, resolutions can make us feel good. Well, all right,completingresolutions can make us feel good. It’s the same as accomplishing anything important, except this time around you’re doing thisfor you.And besides feeling like a million bucks (inflation not adjusted), you will actually get something done which in turn should improve your life. And who knows, you might end up doing more.

And besides feeling like a million bucks (inflation not adjusted), you will actually get something done which in turn should improve your life. And who knows, you might end up doing more.

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Would you be surprised to learn that New Year’s resolutions have been around forroughly 4,000 years? Though, it wasn’t in January, but rather in March becausecrops.The celebration would last 12 days, they’d crown a new king or reaffirm their loyalty to the old one, they’d promise the gods they’d pay their debts, return anything borrowed and whatnot, not unlike how folks do resolutions today.

Would you be surprised to learn that New Year’s resolutions have been around forroughly 4,000 years? Though, it wasn’t in January, but rather in March becausecrops.

The celebration would last 12 days, they’d crown a new king or reaffirm their loyalty to the old one, they’d promise the gods they’d pay their debts, return anything borrowed and whatnot, not unlike how folks do resolutions today.

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Now, you can joke about how even after 4,000 years humanity is still making promises of change. But it’s not uncommon for us tobreak promises made to ourselves.You see, many of us lose our resolve when we’re stressed or tired. It’s just how our brain is wired. These promises to ourselves are about self-discipline, and it’s easy to shut that part of the brain down with worry and exhaustion.

Now, you can joke about how even after 4,000 years humanity is still making promises of change. But it’s not uncommon for us tobreak promises made to ourselves.

You see, many of us lose our resolve when we’re stressed or tired. It’s just how our brain is wired. These promises to ourselves are about self-discipline, and it’s easy to shut that part of the brain down with worry and exhaustion.

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There’s this thing called executive function—a set of mental skills like working memory, flexible thinking and self control. Stress and tiredness shuts those down after a hard day’s work and so it becomes very naturally tempting to just skip a beat. Or two. Or all of them—who needs to go to the gym? I’m not in that bad of a shape, right? Right!?

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An example of conserving a stress budget would be to skip reading or watching the news for a day, don’t reach out to people who stress you out, don’t pile commitments or events into one day, don’t tempt yourself with things that support bad habits or whatever else that might deplete your stress budget. In other words, identify what stresses you and don’t invest yourself in it.

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