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By the end of December or during early January when we are out of New Year part hangover, we think of something serious-i.e. New Year resolution. New Year Resolution is one of the positive ways to encourage people take firm resolutions, set challenging goals, formulate plans and take action accordingly in order to accomplish their targets to have the best in the approaching New Year.
Eagerly we make New Year resolutions and set our goals for future. In fact, New Year is the perfect time to contemplate on the changes we want to bring into our lives. Henceforth, we resolve to follow through on those changes. If we decide to carry it out successfully, it will not only act as temporary success but will also help us in improving life and overcoming
those habits, which we ourselves do not like.
The history of New Year Resolution dates back to 153 B.C. where the two-faced Janus, a mythical king of early Rome was seated at the head of a calendar. This mythological figure could look back on past events and forward to the future. He became the symbol of resolutions. Many Romans asked for forgiveness from their enemies and also exchanged gifts on the commencement of New Year. Romans even named the first month of the year after Janus.
It is a very common tradition to take a resolution at New Year and fulfill it in the approaching year. In fact, historical background of New Year resolution goes back to early Babylonians. They believed that what a person does on the first day of the New Year will affect him or her throughout the year. Their most popular resolution was to return borrowed farm equipment. Modern day resolutions might include the promise of quitting smoking and drinking, saving money, or the promise to lose weight.
Most of us make New Year Resolutions, but how many of us do really succeed in maintaining it? Various surveys have revealed that 25% of the resolutions are abandoned in the first fifteen weeks itself. Hence, the most important element of any resolution is determined 'goal'. As is also remarked by Abraham Lincoln, "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing".
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