{"id":889,"date":"2011-12-28T15:27:51","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T21:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?p=889"},"modified":"2011-12-28T15:27:51","modified_gmt":"2011-12-28T21:27:51","slug":"bringing-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/2011\/12\/28\/bringing-in-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/12\/2012.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-892\" title=\"2012\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/12\/2012.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a>Now that my brain is semi-functioning again, I want to congratulate everyone for surviving the fall semester and especially to all the graduates.<\/p>\n<p>The new year is quickly upon us, which means it\u2019s time to come up with the perfect New Year\u2019s resolutions. Here some things to remember when making resolutions and working to accomplish them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t focus only on what you need to work on. Reflect on what you have also excelled at this year. Sometimes maintaining those qualities is equally as hard as fixing bad ones. Maybe you made the dean\u2019s list; who says you can\u2019t try to make it again. Besides, who says you only have to have one.<\/li>\n<li>Be realistic. Everyone wants to win the lottery but realistically, that\u2019s not going to happen. Sorry to burst the bubble. Instead, focus on the things you have control over.<\/li>\n<li>Be specific. If the goal is specific, you\u2019ll be more likely to accomplish it. If you have a big goal, like losing 25 pounds, break it down to smaller, specific goals. This could be doing 30 minutes of a cardio workout twice a week for a month. Then build on that. Resolutions are on-going.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s a New Year&#8217;s resolution meaning you have a year to accomplish it. Yes, that\u2019s 52 weeks or 366 days (because 2012 is leap year) or 8,784 hours. That DOESN\u2019T mean two weeks into January. A year is a long time, but it will come quickly.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s ok if you break it every once in a while, just try to get back on track. You\u2019re accountable for what you do. You\u2019re the one that will get the most out of your goal. Make yourself shine!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope this motivates you to make resolutions and keep them. Best of luck to you and your New Year\u2019s resolutions!<\/p>\n<p>-Song<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/category\/students\/song-x\/\">Song Xiong<\/a> is a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point majoring in\u00a0dietetics and communication.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that my brain is semi-functioning again, I want to congratulate everyone for surviving the fall semester and especially to all the graduates. The new year is quickly upon us, which means it\u2019s time to come up with the perfect New Year\u2019s resolutions. Here some things to remember when making resolutions and working to accomplish [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}