Are New Year's Resolutions a thing of the past?

For the third year in a row my New Year's resolution is to lose weight. The last sentence would suggest that for the past two years I haven't stuck to my resolution, that would be correct. "This year will be different" I tell myself, raising an eyebrow questioning my own commitment. I am indeed writing this surrounded by piles of Christmas chocolate, I mean it's not my fault that I was given so much chocolate and not eating it would just be rude, right? Besides, I can start next week or the following...

That's the first mistake, the minute you put off your New Year's resolution it's no longer a new-year thing and with my procrastination skills it can easily become a middle-of-the-year thing which then turns into a never thing. As December comes to an end the pointless and untrue 'New year, new me♥' Facebook statuses are always there for no reason other than my amusement. However, this year I've seen more statuses saying 'Stop with the new year, new me posts as you're not going to change'. Ooh, snappy.

I'm not hugely overweight but I know I really should have a healthier diet and exercise more. I would also love to have the confidence to wear a bikini knowing I look great. It's just difficult to find the motivation to stick to my convictions when the only person who is affected by the outcome is myself. Of course, I know all of the best angles to take a fabulous 'loving life' selfie but there would be nothing better than wearing being able to wear exactly what I want without having to disguise my worst bits.

Perhaps to make our resolutions worthwhile we need to tell the whole world about them. An "It's 2014 and I'm going to quit smoking!" tweet would be embarrassing if one of your followers saw you with a cheeky cigarette outside the office. A before Instagram picture in a bikini would be a disaster if there was never an after, or if the after was actually worse. If all of your Facebook friends knew your resolution was to limit usage on the site it would be awkward if you were never offline.

Could it be possible that New Year's resolutions are just a thing of the past? Are we asking too much of ourselves unnecessarily? Anyway, who decided New Year's Resolutions had to be boring or something we don't want to do? If we made fun resolutions like wear high heels everywhere or eat more bacon then we would have no trouble at all sticking to them. The January Blues would be gone if we all had cool new things to try.

Whatever you're trying to change in 2014, take a look back and ask if you accomplish said task will it make you happy? If the answer is yes, then tell everybody what you're trying to do until you've done it. If the answer is no, then accomplishing it won't warrant your hard work so don't put yourself through it!

My Top 10 New Year's Resolutions:

1. Use more glitter
2. Wear red lipstick
3. DO NOT save it for a special occasion
4. Have more Girls' Nights
5. Give more compliments
6. Step outside your comfort zone
7. When something goes wrong yell "Plot twist!" and move on
8. Invest more time in others
9. Send more Thank You cards
10. Keep your standards as high as your expectations

P.S. I'd like to wish you all a very Happy New Year! I hope 2014 brings you happiness and new experiences.

P.P.S. My other New Year's resolution is to write an article once a fortnight and publish it on the blog. Eek! I've said it now so please hold me to it...