Does anybody make New Year's resolutions anymore?
For awhile there seemed to be a huge cultural backlash to making New Year's resolutions. Lots of people started saying, "resolutions never work, you shouldn't have to wait until the new year to make resolutions, you should make resolutions every day".
I still think it's a good idea to make resolutions. A resolution is a goal, and all the psychological literature shows that making and working toward goals is one of the best ways to improve yourself. January 1 is the perfect time to make goal because it's the start of a new year.
Having said that, I don't have any New Year's resolutions this year. I do, however, have a few New Year's predictions:
1) People will begin pronouncing the years like "twenty ten, twenty eleven, twenty twelve" rather than "two thousand eleven, two thousand twelve", which is a great thing because the "two thousand" phrase was getting long-winded.
2) The electric car will finally be available in North America, but will generally be a flop. Mostly because they will be too inconvenient to operate and fuel.
3) Canada will win the most medals ever in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. Canada might even "win" the games by getting more medals than any other country.
4) Another member of my family will be joining us in May 2010. He or she will be healthy.
5) By July 1st I will have (yet another) a new job.
6) My parents will be moving to Nanaimo and my sisters will both be getting new jobs, as well.
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