It's that time of the year again, you know the beginning of the year where everyone is so excited about all the things they are going to do that they didn't accomplish in the previous year. Firstly let me say Happy New Year, welcome to the year 2014! Every year I realize how older I am getting, not a good thought... Anyway that's not the point of this post. New Year Resolutions, I am pretty sure by now everyone has heard someone they know talk about them. Every beginning of the year people have that new found confidence and inspiration to turn their lives around and do something new, I applaud them. Not everyone can do that. Let's be honest here I am pretty sure more than half of the time new year resolutions are a bust. Sure in the first few weeks of January you are all excited, pumped up and ready to take on the world. But who are we kidding, after a while we kind of get tired, give up and go back to our normal lives. It happens every year and for a while I wondered why. That is until a friend of mine highlighted to me why we most of us fail to achieve these resolutions. We set unrealistic goals. Now I am not saying if your goal this year is to become an astronaut you won't achieve it, I am just saying it's thinking too far ahead. If you set simple achievable everyday goals like this week I am going to drink the recommended 8 glasses of water per day you won't be easily discouraged. Then from those simple goals you can set higher goals until you reach the ultimate one. I am not saying this method works but I think it makes sense, I am planning on trying it out myself. Let me know how it works out. So where I was I, yes 2014, a fresh new 365 pages meaning days book (that quote has been going around like a disease) but it is accurate. A new year is always a great way to start afresh and I wish all of you a great and prosperous 2014!
Have you ever been excited to share with a friend a new project, be it a movie, song, TED Talk, etc by your favourite celebrity only to be shut down by said friend because we have 'cancelled' the person? Saaaame! I remember a few weeks back one of my friends was super excited about this new Tyler Perry movie and I had to educate her real quick about how we had cancelled him. She was obviously not happy. But this new habit, often referred to as cancel culture is becoming increasingly popular. With the COVID19 lockdowns in several countries, people had so much time on their hands that they started scrutinizing their love for celebrities which resulted in many of them being cancelled . So what is cancel culture ? This refers to the practice of withdrawing support for public figures and companies after they have done or said something considered to e objectionable or offensive. It usually happens on social media, specifically Twitter where users are ready with receipts to prove ...
hmm...i have to try that method...bin stuck to the old unrealistic one for a very long time...thanks Lala
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