Happy New Year 2025

Are making New Year resolutions worth making ?

[Littlecook]

Yes definitely,

[PinkPanda23]

I've moved away from them. Before I was diagnosed at 54, making resolutions was a path to inevitable failure, guilt, and shame. After diagnosis, I learned slowly, over time, that I do better if I reflect on the growth and successes of the year just passed. I respond more to positive thoughts and praise, which makes sense for a dopamine-seeking brain.

My current reflections are bringing me some pleasure and confidence in review. I'm open to possible new experiences in 2025, which I admire from afar but haven't participated in myself. That's much more suited to my temperament than making a list of resolutions for improvement that get the anxiety machine into overdrive.

Best wishes!

[Betbren47]

Yes bc for me it gives me pleasure to know that what I've planned has come to fruition.

[STEM_Dad]

Instead of trying to make big, sweeping changes by making resolutions, I have found that it works better for me to make little changes from time to time.

That being said, I do want to do more writing, and develop a particular tech skill that will help me in my new job. (It's a skill that I had started to develop a few years ago, but then went away from it.)

[Tigger4me]

I have never liked the word resolutions. It seems to me that, unless I word a resolution with a lot of qualifiers like "try to" or "work on", making a resolution is setting me up for failure. Instead I set "Intentions" about trying out or working on small, but lasting, changes.

[Zilmita]

The truth is that (at times) it's difficult to keep resolutions successfully. Not even some people that don't have any neurological issue keep their resolutions (but, some do). I don't make resolutions. It kinda feels that you're setting yourself up for failure. So, why make a resolution? People break their resolutions within a couple of weeks (if even that) anyway. What I do is to think of something that I can realistically work on changing or tweaking. That does seem to work a bit at least. So, if you're going to make any sort of resolution, make one(s) that you can realistically do and keep through out the year.

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My best wishes this year all your efforts get rewarded. Wish you a very Happy New Year