Join a band
You might have always harboured a dream of becoming a world-renowned rock star, but it’s time to look in the mirror and face the cold, hard facts: you don’t have lips like Mick Jagger or a voice like Elvis and you haven’t played an instrument since the play at your primary school when you shook a tambourine. This year, make sure you don’t join a band; it will end disastrously and your dignity will suffer.
Find someone to marry
As you might have guessed, you can’t find a wife or a husband in a catalogue. It’s not an easy business, but if you’ve had your parents nagging you to settle down all Christmas or you’ve been paraded in front of what feels like a hundred happy couples at numerous festive parties, then your desire to find someone to marry might be higher than normal. Yet, love strikes when you don’t expect it. So don’t try to plan to find “the one”; give it time and you’ll find someone when you least expect it.
Lose X amount of weight
So, your stomach now jiggles and you seem to have sprouted another chin, but promising yourself that this is the year you lose X amount of weight and get a body that could rival a personal trainer’s is not the answer. Big goals are unrealistic and have to be one of the worst New Year’s resolutions to make. Plus, after all of the indulging you’ve been enjoying, sticking to a healthy diet is harder than ever. Set smaller weight loss goals, like eating out less and going swimming more. You’ll achieve more, we promise.
Join a gym
Joining a gym in the New Year is such a cliché; do you really want to be that person? It’s unimaginative and research shows us that just because you have a gym membership doesn’t mean you get fit. Studies have found that 60 per cent of gym memberships go unused and that by mid-February gym attendance has subsided back to the pre-Christmas levels. Instead of joining a gym and potentially wasting your money, why not sign up to a gym class or buy a pair of running shoes? These goals will be far easier to stick to and you’ll see more benefits compared to joining the gym.
Travel
So you’ve booked a one-way ticket to some far-flung exotic destination. Great; so what about your house, your pets, your job, your partner, your debts? The list goes on and on. Although travelling is great, booking a flight as part of your New Year’s resolution is a bad idea. This is not a decision to be taken lightly. Plus, think about why you want to get away? Is it because you hate the monotony of your life? If it is, remember that travelling won’t sort out these issues and they’ll still be there when you come back.
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