Comments on: New Year’s Resolutions – Why They Don’t Work; And Commitments – How They Can http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapy-new-years-resolutions/ Exploring Healthy Psychotherapy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:06:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Judith Barr http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapy-new-years-resolutions/#comment-26963 Judith Barr Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:18:23 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6020#comment-26963 Looking over the myriad comments to this post, and the variety of feelings and thoughts it has brought up in so many people, I feel called to invite you to take a step deeper . . . to find the treasure in this article. The treasure that teaches us all about the key to being able to follow through on our commitments. May you each find the treasure to help you heal your relationship with commitment. Looking over the myriad comments to this post, and the variety of feelings and thoughts it has brought up in so many people, I feel called to invite you to take a step deeper . . . to find the treasure in this article. The treasure that teaches us all about the key to being able to follow through on our commitments.

May you each find the treasure to help you heal your relationship with commitment.

]]> By: A.roberts http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapy-new-years-resolutions/#comment-26661 A.roberts Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:46:31 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6020#comment-26661 Well, I beg to differ. i believe new year resolutions can be kept up and I have done so for many many years now. All it needs is will power and goal-setting. Try this approach and I'm sure you will not have trouble in keeping up yours as well. Well, I beg to differ. i believe new year resolutions can be kept up and I have done so for many many years now. All it needs is will power and goal-setting. Try this approach and I’m sure you will not have trouble in keeping up yours as well.

]]> By: sarah j http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapy-new-years-resolutions/#comment-26637 sarah j Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:35:32 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6020#comment-26637 setting realistic goals is something that can help people in keeping up their resolutions.dont get carried away with the new year resolution hype and set yourself unimaginable goals is what i would like to say... setting realistic goals is something that can help people in keeping up their resolutions.dont get carried away with the new year resolution hype and set yourself unimaginable goals is what i would like to say…

]]> By: Eileen H http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapy-new-years-resolutions/#comment-26629 Eileen H Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:33:38 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6020#comment-26629 My resolutions give me focus and goal to work toward- what's so wrong with that? I think that saying they don't work is just an excuse to stay with unhealthy behaviors. My resolutions give me focus and goal to work toward- what’s so wrong with that? I think that saying they don’t work is just an excuse to stay with unhealthy behaviors.

]]> By: kendrik T. http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapy-new-years-resolutions/#comment-26625 kendrik T. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:50:37 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6020#comment-26625 Self-,otivation is something that can keep a person going and to achieve that goals that he/she has set for himself/herself. But most people fall short in the department and that is the exact reason why most people's new years resolutions fail... its not that it cannot be kept up, but it requires the right ingredients. Self-,otivation is something that can keep a person going and to achieve that goals that he/she has set for himself/herself. But most people fall short in the department and that is the exact reason why most people’s new years resolutions fail… its not that it cannot be kept up, but it requires the right ingredients.

]]> By: Paige http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapy-new-years-resolutions/#comment-26613 Paige Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:20:00 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6020#comment-26613 I think the main reason why new year resolutions don't work is because of the spontaineity... Suppose a person resolves to work out for an hour everyday ... he is not working out right now and it is next to impossible to just wake up one day and start working out for an hour everyday... it just doesnt work that way... it needs build up...you cant go from zero to a big number straight away! I think the main reason why new year resolutions don’t work is because of the spontaineity… Suppose a person resolves to work out for an hour everyday … he is not working out right now and it is next to impossible to just wake up one day and start working out for an hour everyday… it just doesnt work that way… it needs build up…you cant go from zero to a big number straight away!

]]> By: Kellie http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapy-new-years-resolutions/#comment-26608 Kellie Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:09:40 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6020#comment-26608 New Year's resolutions are so passe. I mean nobody ever sticks to them so you are right in saying that they are just a joke. making a committment on the other hand seems to work muich better for lots of people. It's like signing a contract with yourself that you are going to do what you have made your mind up to do. Resolutions might last for a week or so but a committment is for a lifetime. That's how I feel about it anyway. New Year’s resolutions are so passe. I mean nobody ever sticks to them so you are right in saying that they are just a joke.
making a committment on the other hand seems to work muich better for lots of people. It’s like signing a contract with yourself that you are going to do what you have made your mind up to do.
Resolutions might last for a week or so but a committment is for a lifetime. That’s how I feel about it anyway.

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