I saw a video by the YouTuber CGP Grey that making new year's resolutions is quite useless and hardly anyone gets them achieved. So today I'll be writing down his tips here so y'all can read 'em and use his advice!
Say you want to "read x books per month" but you've already failed the first month, and are then demotivated for the rest of the year and completely forget your resolution. Then at the end of the year you'll remember your resolution from the start of the year and feel like a complete failure since you've achieved nothing. The next year, you'll pick another (or the same) resolution and the same thing will happen. (Unless you're a stickler to resolutions and are legendary enough to be able to achieve them.)
What you should do instead is pick a "theme" for the year. E.g. "Year of Reading". Bored at home? Take your book out and begin reading. Stuck in a long queue with nothing to do? Download some e-books and begin reading them!
This whole "theme" thing may sound broad but that's the way it's meant to be. There are no limits, no deadlines, so you're completely free of the pressure of having to get x things done before a certain date.
This year I've picked something quite broad for my theme and that is "Hard-Working" and it is going very well. I was able to clear my entire room, almost on my own, which was very hard work. It's done now - I got that done in a week.
And, if you don't really like it, you can always alter it as you go along and fitting it to your liking - it's also okay to narrow it down as the year goes on. Let's say you picked "Year of Creativity" and you decided to try songwriting, but after a few months decided that playing music was more your thing. Or maybe you picked "Art" but found that you enjoy reading more. It is completely fine.
So pick a theme. Anything! Here are some ideas of what you could do:
-family
-social life
-creativity
-being kinder
-health
-being tidier
CGP Grey's YouTube Channel: (2) CGP Grey - YouTube
Here is the link to the video that inspired this (Highly recommended): (2) Your Theme - YouTube
