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20 Resolutions You Can Actually Achieve

Breaking down large goals makes them more realistic

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 17, 2010 5:00 AM CST
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(Newser) – New Year’s resolutions to lose 20 pounds, clean out all your closets, and cut your grocery budget in half not quite working out? That’s likely because your goals are too large. Here are 20 tasks you can accomplish, all of which are “no more challenging than reaching level three of Bejeweled,” writes Christopher Muther in the Boston Globe:

  • Rearrange your furniture: No time or money for a complete interior décor overhaul? Just rearranging a room should make you feel better in no time.

  • Learn a new program: Maybe you haven’t yet succeeded at getting that new job, or even a raise—but learning a tool like Excel or PowerPoint is a quick, easy step in the right direction.
  • Get a facial: A professional facial, which clocks in at about an hour, is one of the best things to do for your skin—and it’s relaxing, too.
  • Clean out your inbox: Don’t have time to organize your entire office? You can at least take the time to delete months-old emails.
  • Paint a wall: No need to paint the entire room for a big change—just choose one “accent wall.”
For the complete list, click here.

Rearrange your furniture for a quick pick-me-up.
Rearrange your furniture for a quick pick-me-up.   (AP Photo/Sharon Stabley)
Maybe you can't get a nose job this year...but you can get a facial.
Maybe you can't get a nose job this year...but you can get a facial.   (AP Photo/Caudalie)
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NxBigmouthery
Jan 17, 2010 11:44 AM CST
Isn't the point of resolutions to acheive things that will not only be beneficial, but are actually desired to the point where a person desires to achieve them? I coulda hit 2010 with 'move the furniture' or 'eat a nectarine a day' but why? My stuff's ok where it is and I eat enough fruit. The resolutions that matter transcend a tick of the fucking clock. I need to give up smoking...it's gonna make me die much sooner than I would, barring some accident. Now why on earth is midnight on Jan 1 more important than the moment that the realisation hits that my intellectual understanding of the importance of giving up smoking collides with the emotinal resonance? Doesn't matter when it happens, really. Could be May 15 or August 21.
diltsduo
Jan 17, 2010 11:03 AM CST
I've always thought that.
JGirl
Jan 17, 2010 7:41 AM CST
these aren't what i would consider resolutions...most of them are regular activities for me lol

 
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