New Year's Resolutions

Definitely, as said in my very first post, people want to change which is why a number of us start the new year off with a list of new year's resolutions and oftenly, they never happen...what happened to last year's resolution of loosing weight? I bet it's still in your NEW year's list. eheh

Well, i was watching television (i forgot when), and I came about an interview of Dr. Phil. He said that for us to effectively change, we should not use the "will power" method but instead, "change our lifestyle". He said that the will power method does not work because you use emotions to motivate you so when you get tired or get frustrated, you easily give up. That is why, he suggests to change one's lifestyle - get out of temptation, make a schedule. Like for example, in loosing weight, we must change our lifestyle like make a habit of taking a jog or walk in the park for a couple of minutes a day or maybe to the extremes, live in another place where the people you live with have small appetites.

However, i was just wondering, for you to be able to change your lifestyle, wouldn't you need will power to do so? Isn't the reason of why people want to change something emotional?

Okay, if he's done his psychological research, i belive him. And besides, I didn't make any resolutions.