Happy New Year!
Tonight’s show was the first That Friday Feeling of 2015 and as it is that time of year where we all decide to commit to doing something or giving up something for the year, the show was dedicated to helping you make up your mind of what to do for your New Years Resolutions and how you can keep to them!
What New Year’s Resolution’s to make!
If you haven’t made a New Year’s Resolution yet, here are some ideas found on a buzz feed article ’49 New Year’s Resolutions Twentysomethings Should Consider’:
– Cut down on drunk texting, or at least try to.
– And if you do end up drunk messaging an ex, just shrug it off. Don’t spend the entirety of your next day hungover, hating yourself.
– In fact, learn to shrug things off more often.
– Stop dieting: Just eat more fruit and veg and drink a ton of water.
– Figure out how to re-create your favourite takeaway food at home.
– Figure out what makes you tick, what you actually feel passionate about, and delve further into it. Never stop learning.
– Pick a European city to visit this year.
– Ride the scariest roller coaster you can think of.
– Stop beating yourself up about missing the gym, instead find a form of exercise you actually enjoy.
– Have dessert for breakfast and breakfast food for dinner.
– Ditch phones when you’re eating with other people.
– Take a social media break.
– Walk to places: Get off that crammed bus and let your feet do the moving.
For the other 36 suggestions here is the original article: www.buzzfeed.com/maggyvaneijk/candy-crush-invites-are-a-no-go#.igGQJYElK
How to stick to your New Year’s Resolution
Now that you know what you want to do this year, with help from the NHS website, here are 10 goal setting tips that Professor Richard Wiseman suggest in order to be able to achieve our resolutions:
1. Make only one resolution. Your chances of success are greater when you channel energy into changing just one aspect of your behaviour.
2. Don’t wait until New Year’s Eve to think about your resolution and instead take some time out a few days before and reflect upon what you really want to achieve.
3. Avoid previous resolutions. Deciding to revisit a past resolution sets you up for frustration and disappointment.
4. Don’t run with the crowd and go with the usual resolutions. Instead think about what you really want out of life.
5. Break your goal into a series of steps, focusing on creating sub-goals that are concrete, measurable and time-based.
6. Tell your friends and family about your goals. You’re more likely to get support and want to avoid failure.
7. Regularly remind yourself of the benefits associated with achieving your goals by creating a checklist of how life would be better once you obtain your aim.
8. Give yourself a small reward whenever you achieve a sub-goal, thus maintaining motivation and a sense of progress.
9. Make your plans and progress concrete by keeping a handwritten journal, completing a computer spreadsheet or covering a notice board with graphs or pictures.
10. Expect to revert to your old habits from time to time. Treat any failure as a temporary setback rather than a reason to give up altogether.
Professor Wiseman also suggests to break your resolutions into smaller goals which are specific, measurable and time based. For more deails check out the NHS website: www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Healthychristmas/Pages/NewYearresolutions.aspx
Friday Film Feature
The Holiday review is available to listen back to here: