Time to resolve a few things I

t is that time of the year again. The streets are busy with families as they get through their shopping; the department stores are packed with last minute shoppers as they hastily grab that special gift for their friends; the restaurants are all jam packed with revellers celebrating the spirit of the season.

It is also the time of the year when you look at the year gone by and think about the year ahead.

Time to set a few resolutions: though most will be forgotten within a week of 2010, it is certainly worth enjoying the planning of these promises anyway.

There are of course the simpler ones, such as giving up smoking, or drinking less. It may be a hackneyed resolve, but it really makes perfect sense. For one friend at least, it was easy: gentle words spoken by a family elder hit straight home. “If you truly love your children, you will give up cigarettes”. He has never smoked since.

Or there’s that all-time favourite, losing weight. The post Christmas sales catch the rush for all types of treadmills, which by Easter are found listed on Ebay. Oh well, at least the original intentions are honourable, even if the execution (or lack thereof) makes this one of the worst kept promises ever.

There are those who will promise to take time out from work, and play a sport. Indian Australians are jumping on the bandwagon with their badminton, or

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their cricket. If being in the sun gets to be an issue, try indoor crocket or soccer, all wonderful avenues to have a ball, literally. New endeavours can be considered such as golf which, in spite of its god Tiger being exposed as a ‘cheetah’, still has a massive fan following.

Workaholics might resolve to spend less time at work and more time with neglected children – hopefully their own. Perhaps there will be a surge for Nintendo Wii Fit games, as parents resolve to keep fit and spend time with the kids at the same time!

Then of course, there are some resolutions which should not even be tried. One that is certifiably doomed to fail is the pledge to eat less chocolate, or pakoras, as the case may be. Similarly, pledging to limit time spent on the internet, or keeping phone calls to less than 18 minutes to your best friend, are also pipe dreams. These are fantasies, not resolutions. Do not attempt them as failure will lead to disappointment.

For others, the resolution could be to keep more in touch with family and friends in the new year. With the internet, emails, Facebook, SMS etc there is limited reason why this resolution cannot be met. While using these pieces of technology, perhaps another resolution ought to be to increase world awareness and read more interesting stories, so that the same jokes and stories are not repeated more than four times at parties and family gatherings. While on the internet, there are some people whose resolution probably should be to review all their internet accounts - and try and understand why they have more than three email IDs.

Another worthwhile new year’s resolution can be to laugh a little bit more, to stop worrying about everything, and perhaps the most difficult of all, to stop taking oneself so seriously. If any of these three can be fulfilled, then it will surely mean a wonderful start for 2010. Live, laugh and learn – perhaps three perfect words for the new year… nay, decade. Go on, make up your new year’s resolution now. How are you going to improve your life in the coming year? Happy New Year.

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