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# Resolutions

This year
2023
Opinion: Struggling to keep your New Year's Resolutions? It's all about short-term goals
Dr Emma Howard says it’s easy to set up ambitious resolutions but we won’t get far without short-term incentives.
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Jan 7th 2023, 7:00 AM
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Open thread: What are your New Year's resolutions?
They’re not for everyone, but sometimes it can help to set a positive goal for the year ahead.
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Jan 1st 2020, 6:00 PM
Skin Deep: Seven beauty resolutions genuinely worth making for 2019
You deserve them.
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Jan 3rd 2019, 11:09 AM
New Year's resolutions down the drain? Here's exactly how to salvage them
It’s now January, and for most people, those ideas are long forgotten.
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Feb 4th 2018, 6:30 PM
Can your phone help keep those resolutions? Health tech expert on best fitness apps
While it might not quite be time to tell your trainer you’ve decided that ‘PT’ now stands for past-tense, that day will come, writes Yvonne Redmond.
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Feb 3rd 2018, 9:30 AM
Poll: Will you make a new year’s resolution?
New year, new you?
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Dec 31st 2017, 9:15 AM
Checklist: 8 things you need to do this January before embarking on your fitness journey
It’s important not to dive in at the deep end if you want to achieve long-term goals, writes David Last.
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Jan 3rd 2017, 5:00 PM
Under pressure: 5 managers who need a big 2017
Gordon Strachan, David Moyes and Mick McCarthy are among those who need to turn things around.
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Dec 29th 2016, 10:30 AM
8 little resolutions that will make a big difference to your mental health
It’s all about the Little Things.
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Dec 21st 2016, 12:47 PM
Already failing at your 'go to the gym' resolution? Here's some tips that might make you go
We’re just over a week into the new year. Are you already finding yourself failing at your get fit resolution. This might help.
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Jan 9th 2016, 8:30 AM
Open thread: What are you looking forward to the most in 2016?
It’s a brand new year…
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Dec 23rd 2015, 1:00 PM
One Irish guy has a brilliantly inventive plan to make 2015 truly memorable
DailyEdge.ie spoke to one Galway man who has come up with a ridiculously cool way of getting things done this year.
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Feb 8th 2015, 3:00 PM
Poll: Have you kept your New Year's resolutions so far?
January has a way of wearing people down. Did you make it through with resolutions intact?
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Jan 31st 2015, 4:21 PM
Opinion: Lacking New Year motivation? There is always some science to explain it!
Despite the fact that we are more than halfway through January the to-do list just keeps growing.
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Jan 21st 2015, 9:00 PM
Opinion: Keeping a new year’s resolution can be difficult – here’s how you can succeed
Don’t worry if you’ve slipped up a little – get back up and try again.
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Jan 17th 2015, 12:00 PM
Poll: Ten days in, how are those New Year's resolutions holding up?
We probably shouldn’t even ask, should we?
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Jan 10th 2015, 9:28 AM
12 New Year's resolutions every 20-something should make
The time has come.
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Jan 3rd 2015, 8:15 PM
12 unquestionably bleak New Year's resolutions
And you thought dry January was unappealing…
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Jan 2nd 2015, 1:02 PM
8 people who have already failed spectacularly at keeping a New Year's resolution
It’s ok, the first of January doesn’t really count…
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Jan 1st 2015, 3:50 PM
Resolutions: what do Premier League teams desperately need in 2015?
Whether sitting pretty at the top or struggling down the bottom, clubs will have priorities this year.
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Jan 1st 2015, 9:15 AM
Rory McIlroy in 'a really good frame of mind' ahead of 2014 season opener
The world number claims to have solved the issues he had both on and off the course in 2013.
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Jan 14th 2014, 10:22 AM
Column: Cut the 'fat talk' in front of kids
Discussing diets and weight loss resolutions may seem normal during January, but remember that impressionable young minds are taking it all in, writes Laura Larkin.
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Jan 11th 2014, 7:00 PM
9 lies you've already told yourself today
You can start it all tomorrow. Everything will be better tomorrow.
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Jan 6th 2014, 1:02 PM
The 2011 New Year's resolutions of one couple that washed up in Dublin
Did Karl and Isobel ever manage to work harder or be nicer to strangers? Will we ever know?
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Jan 5th 2014, 5:26 PM
This killer 1990s playlist will definitely kickstart your fitness resolution
Is this the year you’re going to get fit? Let us help with this incredible set of tunes.
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Jan 2nd 2014, 7:30 PM
Here are the New Year's resolutions you should ACTUALLY make
Forget the traditionals, these are changes that really need to be made.
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Jan 1st 2014, 6:00 PM
10 people who have already broken their New Year's resolutions
Heroes who lost the final battle.
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Jan 1st 2014, 2:47 PM
Column: New Year's resolutions are dreams – and anyone can achieve their dreams
Thinking of going to Everest as a lady weighing 23 stone probably wasn’t a realistic expectation, but it was a dream. I used my determination to achieve my goal – and you can too, writes Teena Gates.
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Jan 1st 2014, 8:30 AM
Open thread: What are your new year's resolutions for 2014?
Will it be one of the classics or have you got something more unusual planned for next year?
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Jan 1st 2014, 12:01 AM
Column: New year, new you – how to achieve your goals in 2014
New Year’s Resolutions are often broken early in the year, despite good intentions. Here’s how to make them a success, writes Ciara Conlon.
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Dec 30th 2013, 8:00 AM
Column: The family home needs to be protected in a debt crisis
The banks are not looking at the long-term resolutions strategies for homeowners in debt; the only available strategies are limited to those that that suit bank recovery, writes Julie Sadlier.
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Jul 23rd 2013, 7:00 AM
11 New Year’s Resolutions from people with really low expectations
And one which is SUPER ambitious.
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Jan 1st 2013, 5:30 PM
8 New Year's resolutions and 6 tips on sticking to them
What are you promising to change, learn or do better in 2013?
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Jan 1st 2013, 10:15 AM
Lisa McInerney: New Year is where we resolve to be grown-ups
The true mark of maturity, however, is to stop beating ourselves up over not being the perfect adult – and to resolve to be a better kid.
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Dec 31st 2012, 7:00 AM
Poll: Do you keep your New Year's resolutions?
There’s just 60 hours to go in 2012 so we want to know about your New Year’s resolutions.
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Dec 29th 2012, 12:21 PM
Gallery: It's 2011 - time to start planning your holidays
TheJournal.ie’s list of 7 places you should consider adding to your travel wishlist for the coming year.
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Jan 1st 2011, 9:50 AM