New
Year’s Resolution
"Whoa! I’m going to do THIS in 2015, no matter what happens, how many obstacles come, I won’t ever give up!" Hey, wait, are you sure about it? I mean, after January or in the mid of March, there’s going to be a complete different scenario.
Each night, you write a checklist for the next day. As the day progresses, you check out each task. Are you really like this? You’re in a group of selected few if this happens frequently. If promises are made to be broken, then why do we make New Year’s resolution? Why do we usually fail to keep the resolution? Following Daniel Kahneman’s “Planning Fallacy”, let’s start with your resolution. Keep it to yourself. Nobody will know then!
Completion of a new year’s resolution requires planning. A resolution has a longer timeline than a to-do list. Maybe you’ve promised to give up a bad habit or start developing a new one. You’re determined to achieve your goal. But, you know what they say, you plan something, something else happens. There’s always something to distract you. The devil inside tempts you, why not?
Random factors appear on the horizon randomly. They are really good at distracting our attention and the original plan we started off with. Life is like, you know a chameleon? Yes, you’ve got me right. Life is a story with ever changing plots. When we plan, we generally focus on that one fixed target. Our thinking tends not to see other moving targets that blur the fixed target. You know, planning almost never works because forecasting almost never clicks.
There’s another thing as well. We seem to lack will force while we set our mind to perform a task. We either focus on it too much and run out of steam or get distracted. Will-force is like a dry cell battery, it runs out of power and needs to be refueled. Have a KitKat, take a break. Take necessary steps to achieve your goals. But, unfortunately, the longer the time span, the more difficult it becomes to stay focused on the New Year’s resolution you made.
Well, the question is, will we end up with pessimism at the beginning of the year? Won’t or can’t we have a New Year’s resolution? Instead of spending millions to design a pen that writes in zero gravity, why not stick to the basic by writing with a pencil? ‘Keep things simple’ and be ‘Quietly brilliant’. Declare your New Year’s resolution to yourself. Work your way back to January 1 of the previous year. Ask yourself, what went wrong? Why couldn’t Romeo and Juliet be together in the end? It will help you identify the trouble shooting spots in your resolution that may appear. This will make you careful. And then, work.
However, Happy New Year. I hope you have an interesting year.
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Hi there AnaMin, DrFeelGood here to review your lovely essay!
This is most certainly a very pleasant read. The flow is breezy, the structuring is cool and the personal feel in it makes it a delight. First off, let me write some good points about this essay.
I love this line!
Jokes apart, the first thing I really like is, it's formatting. It is so well formatted that it's a hook from line one. Secondly the words are very easy to follow. I usually don't like hardcore realistic words which are difficult to read. Your essay was light with words but a gripping flow it keeps me engaged right till the last word.
I also like the optimistic and 'hopeful' end you have there. It's not that it is perfect, but after having some problems with grammar and facing criticism on flow, structuring and formatting in your last essay, you have improved quite remarkably.
The only big critique is,' the pattern of writing.' It is a very random write-up and I don't know where this is going. Though the flow of sentences is terrific you need to work on flow of thoughts. Another point is there is enough room in this essay to spice up some fun.
When you're willing to use KitKat, chameleon and other random but fun references I get the feeling that you restrained yourself from going into full throttle enjoyment. Add more fun element here. A corny simile, a random joke and more fun. That'll make your essay more enjoyable. At the moment it is quite good but with these points your essay will enhance itself.
Keep writing! Overall I liked it. You're improving very fast. Have fun and write more
Ah Okay, thank you.
Hello, I'm Emily and I'll be reviewing your work. Lets get right to it then!
You use one of my favorite methods of forcing the reader to reflect upon themselves, the rhetorical question. Using rhetorical questions makes the reader stop and think "Am I actually like that?" or "How would I react in this situation?". It helps engage the reader in your writing. You have to be careful though, if you overuse rhetorical questions in unfathomable patterns, your work stands the risk of becoming a bit run-away. Try to distinguish a pattern in your narrative, whether you have one rhetorical question in the beginning or end of every paragraph, after you prove a point, or just one big paragraph in the beginning or end full of questions. This way the reader can see them coming, and they can prepare and organize your other points without losing the meaning of your work in questions.
Overall, great job though. It really made me rethink my attitude toward new years resolutions.
I hope you have a great new year, keep writing!
Good job and good luck.
Ah okay, thank you for your suggestion.
Well, your name "ehobby" made me think about my bro! Lol, he's name is Obboy and for a sec or two i was like "Eh?" Haha. xD Thanks!
It's brilliant.