Here’s a few listeners’ responses to last week’s Question Du Jour – Does making a new year resolution really make a difference? Here’s what some listeners thought:
David Jones wrote:
We can make a resolution a thousand times on a thousand different days with no effect, but we only have to say it once and mean it. Say it once and mean it, and everything changes. I’m in the mood to do that, not just because it’s the New Year but because I’m very optimistic about 2011.
Matthew LaTray says:
Yes, we should make resolutions, because goal setting is important. Perhaps people use the New Year as a reason, but even if that’s the only time they set goals it’s better than never.
Hopefully the resolutions are realistic. However, even “lofty” goals and dreams can come true; maybe not this year, but if you never set the goal then for sure you’ll never reach it.
And finally, Liz Merriweather has this advice for us:
Yes, making ANY resolution makes a difference, and the New Year is a sentimental time to do so. Making a resolution is only the first step in changing. Acting on that decision is an entirely different matter!
In order to successfully make significant, lasting change, a resolution must be paired with a specific, realistic, achievable plan of action, and the necessary tools and environment in which to make change. For example, it’s hard to learn the piano without an instrument, a teacher and the discipline of a practice schedule.
Thanks everyone for weighing in on our questions du jour over the past months. If you have one you want to have answered by other listeners, leave it on our listener line: 877-999-1172 using option #2, feedback for Terri, or email it to feedback@boomerradioshow.com. We’ll let you know if we’ve chosen yours to air!
