A New Year's resolution is a tradition, in which a person makes a promise to do an act of self-improvement or something slightly nice, such as being more polite, tolerant and kind to people beginning from New Year's Day.
Religious origins
Babylonians made promises to their gods at the start of each year that they would return borrowed objects and pay their debts.
The Romans began each year by making promises to the god Janus, for whom the month of January is named.
In the Medieval era, the knights took the "peacock vow" at the end of the Christmas season each year to re-affirm their commitment to chivalry.
At watch night services, many Christians prepare for the year ahead by praying and making these resolutions.
There are other religious parallels to this tradition. During Judaism's New Year, Rosh Hashanah, through the High Holidays and culminating in Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), one is to reflect upon one's wrongdoings over the year and both seek and offer forgiveness.
Popular resolutions for kids are :-
- Improve physical well-being: eat healthy food, lose weight, exercise more, eat better, stop biting nails, get rid of old bad habits
- Improve mental well-being: think positive, laugh more often, enjoy life
- Improve education: improve grades,learn something new (such as a foreign language or music), study often, read more books, improve talents
- Improve self: become more organized,be less grumpy, manage time, be more independent, perhaps watch less television, play fewer sitting-down video games
- Take a trip
- Volunteer to help others, practice life skills.
- Get along better with people, improve social skills, enhance social intelligence
- Make new friends
- Spend quality time with family members.
- Be more involved in sports or different activities.
WISHING EVERY ONE A VERY HAPPY AND FRUITFUL
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