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2015 New Year's resolutions worth sticking to

PHUKET: It’s time for a New Year to roll in and you’re tired of the same old failed New Year’s Resolutions.

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By Dalia Hilmi

Thursday 1 January 2015 10:00 AM


Why make commitments you can't stick to?

Why make commitments you can't stick to?

Don’t want to typically choose a resolution that you’ll never stick to anyway?! We totally get it. Lo and behold, there are some things that us otherwise hopeless and hapless New Year’s resolute-ers can look forward to.
There’s no real way to sum these up, so take a look at the resolutions below and find out what you should do to make 2015 a knock-out.
1. Finish a chap-stick/lip balm.
Oh what a day! If you can manage to hold on to that sucker for the better part of six months (maybe a year), be proud.
2. Fill up your gas tank all the way.
Maybe we don’t know that many wealthy, or even relatively financially stable people, but no one seems to do this. I’m more on the “I-might-run-out-of-gas” spectrum than I am “oh dang, only a half a tank left” wavelength.
3. Try taking a selfie that looks like a picture of an actual person.
Yes, we’re talking to you duck-face ladies of the world. How about showing us your great new do by taking a semi-normal picture of yourself.
4. Don’t collect your hair on the wall of the shower. Make it into an easy to clean up wad, and then throw it out after you’re done showering. Just once.
5. Don’t pick your nose in your car.
We can see you.
6. Girls, don’t do the back-up fake emergency phone call when on a first date.
I know, dealing with a bad date is just so unfair. But really, what did people do like 50 years ago when a date went awry?
7. Walk, wherever you’re walking, without staring at, using, or listening to your phone.
The world is actually pretty interesting if you spend time absorbing it. Take the head-phones out, put the phone in your pocket and walk with your head held high and observe the sounds of birds chirping (or taxis beeping) in your ears.
Warning.... you may find yourself thinking that you probably shouldn’t be making any new resolutions this year...mainly because you’re still working on the ones from last year. Or that it’s been a year since you didn’t become a better person. If that’s the case, then maybe forget about everything we have just said!