New Year’s Resolution

New Year’s Resolution(ˌrezəˈlo͞oSHən)

By 王渊源John

Lots of people like to start the new year with a New Year’s resolution. Or two. Or three.

What is a New Year’s resolution? It’s usually a commitment to do something throughout the New Year. It might be a goal, like losing weight or gaining(gān) weight or getting a new job, but often it is a daily habit, like getting up early(ˈərlē) or exercising every day.

Some people love New Year’s resolutions. They think that the beginning of a new year is a great time to start something new and make a commitment. Other people hate New Year’s Resolutions. They think that the beginning of a new year is just an arbitrary(ˈärbəˌtrerē) date, and people never stick(stik) to their resolutions.

I’ve never had much luck with New Year’s resolutions myself, but I kind of love them anyway. To be honest, I can’t remember any specific New Year’s resolutions that I have made in the past, and I’m fairly certain(ˈsərtn) that I have never kept any. Despite that, I love the idea of making a commitment to improve, and I do like to use the changing of the year on the calendar(ˈkaləndər) as a chance to reflect and plan.

This year, I want to make a New Year’s resolution, and I plan to keep it. I’ve thought about what I would like to do, and there is one habit that I know brings the most value to my life and yet is something that I rarely(ˈre(ə)rlē) do: journaling(ˈjərnl).

So, this year my commitment to myself is to journal every day. I’m going to start by journaling at night, but it doesn’t matter when I do it, and the habit may at some point migrate(ˈmīˌgrāt) to the morning. I’ll probably start journaling on my computer, but I may migrate to paper at some point during the year (it might improve my handwriting!). I can be flexible about the details, but my commitment is to write at least something in my journal each day.

Do you think I will be able to keep the habit up throughout the year?

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