{"id":6400,"date":"2022-01-11T12:30:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T04:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scc.sg\/e\/?p=6400"},"modified":"2022-01-17T16:05:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T08:05:12","slug":"new-year-new-me-how-to-make-your-new-years-resolutions-work-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scc.sg\/e\/new-year-new-me-how-to-make-your-new-years-resolutions-work-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year, New Me: How To Make New Year’s Resolutions Work for You"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We are all familiar with that feeling <\/span>\u2014 <\/span>excitedly setting new year\u2019s resolutions in anticipation of a more productive, better year, then feeling increasingly defeated as we struggle to keep up with the goals we\u2019ve set. At best, we give up on those goals, and move ahead with more realistic ones; for some, however, the inability to keep up with goals have a large impact on personal competence levels, self-esteem, and eventually, mental health.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n

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Are New Year\u2019s Resolutions Really Pointless? <\/h2>
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It depends on what resolutions you set. Experts have pointed out that well-set resolutions can be beneficial to our productivity and wellbeing as they are strongly motivating. Conversely, however, poorly-set goals can be defeating.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n

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How can New Year\u2019s Resolutions Benefit our Mental Health? <\/h2>
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Goal-setting often makes us feel hopeful about the year ahead. It also empowers us by giving us a clear direction towards the targets we want to achieve or the person we want to be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We need to set realistic, achievable goals and update them regularly as the year progresses to make resolutions beneficial. In other words, while these goals challenge us, they are still within reach to attain. Pushing ourselves and eventually achieving our goals increases the sense of control we feel over our life outcomes. This motivates us to achieve more \u2014 setting us on an upward spiral of emotional wellbeing.<\/span><\/p>\n

We should also be open to tweaking our goals in light of unforeseen circumstances. In this COVID season, there could be unexpected turns of events that make our goals no longer relevant or achievable. This makes it important for us to be flexible and set new progress markers that continue to push us forward.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ultimately, goals should work for us \u2014 we should not feel enslaved to the goals we\u2019ve set at the start of the year. Should we find ourselves feeling discouraged and defeated, perhaps it is time to relook at our goals and set more achievable ones.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n

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How Do We Set Achievable New Year\u2019s Resolutions?<\/h2>
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