New Year’s Resolutions

As the year 2010 is going to end and another year of 2011 is opening its curtain of surprises and miracles, let us all close old book and open up a new, improved chapter of our life. It has been a normal thing for people to make new resolutions for themselves as a new year is coming. Maybe, it may sound cliché for certain people when it comes to making new resolutions every time a new year comes, but I personally do not think so.

To me, making new resolutions is not merely for us to set a new target or aim for ourselves, but it also serves as a motivator, catalyst and most importantly, as an impetus for us to trigger our own self- improvement from time to time in order to achieve all targets that we have set before. I always believe that in order for us to improve ourselves, we need to set our targets first. By having these aims, we will be able to see clearly what are the things ahead that we want to achieve throughout the year and as the result, we will endeavour and persevere, also be more disciplined no matter what the obstacles are to really achieve our missions for that particular year. In a long run, we need to keep reminding ourselves of our targets and also keep renewing our missions once our previous missions are already achieved as to further improve the status quo of our life.

There is one important tip that I learnt from a famous motivation consultant, Irfan Khairi in achieving our missions and resolutions. We need to WRITE DOWN all our MISSIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AIMS AND TARGETS. This is because writing down all your missions is like making an agreement with yourself that you will achieve all those that you have set. Those missions will always be engraved in your mind, therefore, you will always be reminded and self- informed about the resolutions that you want to achieve in the future. Unwritten MISSIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AIMS AND TARGETS are just baseless dreams that you cannot see and hold on. So, just by writing them down somewhere, you make all your MISSIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AIMS AND TARGETS something that are tangible in which you can see, touch and even portray them every day on the wall in your room. For example, if you aim to get 9 A’s for your upcoming exam, you can write your target on a piece of paper and put it up on the wall of your room. By doing so, you will always be motivated every time you take a look on your aim, so you can keep the paces going for you to achieve your target and not to be distracted by any other hiccups and disturbances out there.

As for me, I have several resolutions for the new year of 2010. Here are some of them:

1)      Lose some weight and slim down my body until I get a normal BMI and at the same time, maintain a good diet and get a healthy body (I give myself 6 months to achieve this target starting from January 2011).

2)      Improve my English language proficiency especially for in the aspect of English pronunciations and oratory skills.

3)      Be more disciplined in saving money every month and control my expenses only for things that are important.

I think that is all for now. Let us all make this year of 2010 a better year for us, a year that is full of excellences and successes. Be optimistic and do not give up in everything we do. Happy new yearJ.