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New Year’s resolutions! Everyone knows what they are, everyone tries to keep them but for some reason we always fail at our attempt.

My resolution is no caffeine. I used to drink ‘pop’ all day long and believe me the ‘pop’ I was drinking had plenty of caffeine in it. So, I figured that taking caffeine out of my diet could only make me healthier and if you know who I am, and then you know that I am not exactly walking around with a six-pack.

It has now been 17 days and still no caffeine in my system. I personally think this is rather crazy but caffeine is one of the major causes in weight gain. I gladly trade caffeine for a few pounds any day of the week.

My roommate and The Colonnade Sports Editor (Rich Hardwick) aka my third roommate continue to buy caffeinated drinks, which definitely tempts me. I really don’t know why I decided to this, but I figure why not.

According to Ayn Rand Institute, on New Year’s Day, when the singing, fireworks and champagne toasts are over, many of us become more serious about life. We take stock and plan new courses of action to better our lives. This is best seen in one of the most popular customs and the key to the meaning of New Year’s: making resolutions.

On average each American makes 1.8 New Year’s resolutions. When the rest of the world is taken into account, the number of people making resolutions skyrockets to hundreds of millions. People wanting to be more attractive by losing weight, and to be healthier by exercising more and smoking less. They want to do things better, become better people.

New Year’s Day is the most active-minded holiday, because it is the one where people evaluate their lives and plan and resolve to take action. One dramatic example of taking resolutions seriously is the old European custom of: “What one does on this day one will do for the rest of the year.” What unites this custom and the more common type of resolutions is that on the first day of the year people take their values more seriously.

So, I guess that is my point, I want to set a goal for myself and stick to it. You never know, I might just never drink caffeine again.

Posted by Colonnade Archives on Jan 17 2003. Filed under Opinion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry