Yes, I've heard it a million times before the reason we don't stick to our resolutions and don't fulfill our goals is because they're not SMART – specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely.Īnd while there is a lot of truth in that, for me it's only half the story. And the goal-setting gurus will hate me for it. So this year I'm proposing something different. The truth is, most of us will do the same thing we always do: set some goals that will be forgotten about by the 7th January, or thereabouts. So what will it be this year: lose weight, again promise yourself a change of job, again earn more money, perhaps? Erm, but I hope you enjoyed it and I will see you in the next video.The New Year is upon us, which means it's time to make a resolution or two. Who knows? That could be something that I do. Er, maybe I’ll make a video later, at the end of 2017, of how, how they’ve gone. Erm, I really hope I can keep up with them. Exercise, cooking, Spanish and journaling. They are my four New Year’s resolutions for 2018. And I really do want to continue with that because I think it will be something really, really cool that I can look back on in the future. And I have been good at keeping up with this so far on my year abroad. journal, just write down things that I want to remember. So, I have loads and loads of notebooks like this. I think maybe in 2012 or something I maybe started. So, I’ve been keeping a journal for years and years and years and years now. So that for me is journaling, specifically to document my year abroad. My fourth and final resolution is something that I’m actually already doing, because I think it’s important to acknowledge the good things that you do, and, if they work, keep doing them. I found this course super interesting, so what I want to do is to translate things that I’m interested in, so I’d like to pick articles that I find that are interesting, I want to translate bits of my favourite books and poems that I like, er, songs that I like and things like that. While I was at university in Spain, I took a class which was an introduction to translation. So, I want to watch more Spanish TV shows and films, I want to read more Spanish books, I want to listen to podcasts in Spanish, and one thing that I really want to do is I want to try and do some translation. So, obviously, through living in Spanish-speaking countries, my Spanish is going to improve, but I really want to take matters into my own hands and just try and do some more things in my day-to-day life that’s gonna help me get better at Spanish. I’m studying history and Spanish at university and I’m currently on my year abroad, so from September until December I was in Spain studying at university, and in March I will be heading to Argentina to work for the British Council. My third New Year’s resolution is to do with Spanish. And, yeah, I just want to try some new recipes and fall back in love with cooking. I want to cook, as much as possible, vegan and vegetarian things. So, I really want to make an effort to try and cook more things. For the past four months, I’ve been in Spain at university, which was amazing, but my cooking really wasn’t. My second New Year’s resolution is to do with food, specifically with cooking. So, one thing that I want to try and do is to follow the podcast ‘Couch to 5K’, which is released by the NHS, and basically what that is is, it’s a programme that takes you from absolutely beginner, no skills at all in running, to by the end of the programme being able to run five kilometres, which sounds amazing! I would love to be able to run five kilometres. Er, I go on a lot of walks, but apart from that I don’t really do any regular exercise, and that’s something that I would like to change. I, personally, have never been somebody that’s enjoyed exercise. My first New Year’s resolution is to do with exercise. I’m one of those people and so today I wanted to share with you four of my New Year’s resolutions for 2018. In today’s video, I wanted to talk about New Year’s resolutions because 2017 is over, we are now entering 2018 and, for a lot of people, this is the time of year when they like to make goals and plan about the future. It’s Molly here, and welcome to another video for the British Council’s LearnEnglish Teens website and their YouTube channel.
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