INFORMEDdebate
YES
from members:
Should people
T.R. Miller
Prince George, BC
make New Year’s
Because it gives you
goals. It gives you
incentives to strive for.
resolutions?
What do you hope to accomplish in 2007? Lose
Kerry Pope
St. John’s, NL
20 pounds? Quit smoking? Earn a promotion? For better
or worse, people have been making New Year’s resolutions
for more than 2,000 years. Those in favour of making
New Year’s resolutions say this is a great time to take
The holidays are the
most difficult times to
stay focussed on quit-
ting smoking, weight
loss, etc. Make your
resolution in January and keep it.
stock, set goals and plan for the year you want to create.
Those opposed point out that people who make New
Claudette Ouellet
St. Hyacinthe, QC
Year’s resolutions are usually not ready for change, fail at
keeping their resolutions and typically make them only
As long as you can
keep it all year long.
because they feel pressured to do so. What do you think?
Find out more about this topic on the Web:
■ www.answerbag.com/q_view.php/39353
■ www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Johnson23.html
■ www.capitalhealth.ca/AboutUs/ResourceLibrary/YourHealth
Magazine/JanFeb2006/Resolutions2006.html
NO
from members:
Grace E. Camche
Prince Albert, SK
Because they are usually broken. It’s better
to commit to something very important
and stick to it.
Deryl Brook
Rennie, MB
It puts too much pressure on yourself to fulfill what are, most of
the time, unrealistic
resolutions.
Chris Yauck
Lethbridge, AB
Just do it—whatever it
is you want to change.
Do not procrastinate
until the one day of the
year comes and goes.
