Will I be in time for my resolutions? - versie 2

At the end of the year everybody looks back at what the year have brought them and thinks and talks about what has happened in 2011. The bad and worst lists come up and it’s time for new year resolutions. Volunteer, travel to new places, be less stressed and live healthy; everyone has them. My resolution is to be in time at important (or less important) meetings because I am always too late. I am always like five or ten minutes too late not half an hour. Although, lately I really do irritate myself by doing it, because it’s just annoying for other people who have always to wait those ‘’only 5 minutes’’. Therefore I decided I want to change this.

The question is how are we going to manage that our resolution will come true this year? The solution seems simple and is, of course again, the social media. Where can it not be used for? Taking a look at the internet you can find several websites who can help you with fulfilling your resolutions.
The title makes a good statement when you enter the goal-listing website 43Things: ‘Changing your life is hard, doing it by yourself is harder’. The goals on the website are often very personal. Isn’t it weird to share those goals and the progress of them with strangers? Martin Leezel, who uses 43Things thinks not so:  “Strangers are the ones who have your best interest in mind.” For example, if you want to loose weight; is your best friend secretly not happier about the fact that she’s thinner than you and gets more attention? On 43Things people are divided in categories with the same goal. Everyone cheers you on, share their own experiences, holding on the resolutions and try to help and motivate others.
The most public en vulnerable way to fulfil your resolutions is possibly post a video at YouTube. If you post a video and tell about your resolutions and  the movements you have done, everybody can see, hear and share it. You cannot post anonymously a goal at 43things and write every now and then about your process. People can recognize you from the video but they can also identify with you and for that reason support you more than the people will do on other ‘help making my resolutions come true’ websites. Therefore the video is the best way to make your resolution work, but you need to have some guts.

New Years reslolutions are often the subject of cartoons

Sounds like a good story to me but as I am not that kind of daredevil I am going to try the website 43Things. Although, I have some doubts if this website will help for my personal goal; be in time at important meetings. It’s something I don’t have to be motivated for like with the resolution run the marathon (which sounds like a fun resolution for me, being a runner). Still, people can support me by telling about their stories about hurrying, rushing, forget time and looking to your watch constantly if you are running late. I have add my goals to a resolutions list at 43Things so let’s give it a try and see how it ends... to be continued.

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Time (3 januari 2011). Top 10 commonly broken new year’s resolutions. Geraadpleegd op 21 december 2011, van: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2040218_2040220_2040221,00.html