Top Ten New Years Resolutions

Each year the top ten new years resolutions come out and sure enough, most of the time they are very similar.  People always have the best intentions for making self improvements for themselves and their families.  The tradition that has been passed down for decades is to want to make some sort of big change for the new year and resolutions are perfect ways to try and accomplish that change.

Probably the most popular of the typical top ten new years resolutions is weight loss.  If you ask most people, even those they don’t appear overweight, they usually say that they could stand to lose a few pounds.  Either that or they have a certain problem area of their body that they want to try and change or improve upon.  This is a great resolution but also one of the least accomplished.

The next most popular resolution that you will see year after year would be financial centered.  People either want to get out of debt, put more money in their savings account, better invest the savings they do have or even to try and get a better job.  Some are more achievable than others and can be measured in different ways, what is satisfactory to one maybe the complete opposite for another.

The last resolution that has become increasingly more popular in the past decade is people wishing to either cut down on drinking alcohol or cut it out altogether.  More and more people seem to be using alcohol as a crutch to deal with things that come up in their lives.  The key is moderation and it seems like people have a really hard time striking this balance.  Everything can be fun and effective in moderation, sweets, alcohol, exercise, etc.

Resolutions are an important and useful tradition that many people participate in.  They can help you to become a better person but most importantly to make you feel better about yourself.