Oops, maybe I should have read this earlier. Hahaha!
New Year's resolutions can be bad for you: mental health charity
AFP - Thursday, January 1
LONDON (AFP) - - Making self-improvement New Year's resolutions often leaves people feeling worse, the British mental health charity Mind has warned.
Mind urged people not to make resolutions focusing on physical imperfections -- such as attempting to lose weight -- because they create a negative self image and lead to feelings of low self-esteem, hopelessness and even mild depression.
And when such optimistic resolutions fail, that could spark feelings of inadequacy and failure, the charity warned.
"New Year's resolutions can sometimes focus on our problems or insecurities such as being overweight, feeling unhappy in our jobs or feeling guilty about not devoting enough time to friends and family throughout the year," said Mind chief executive Paul Farmer.
"We chastise ourselves for our perceived shortcomings and set unrealistic goals to change our behaviour, so it's not surprising that when we fail to keep resolutions, we end up feeling worse than when we started.
"In 2009, instead of making a New Year's resolution, think positively about the year to come and what you can achieve."
Mind suggested resolution-makers focus instead on being active, connecting with nature, learning something new and working for one's community.
(from: http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20090101/tls-newyear-britain-health-aeafa1b.html)
我的哲學之道
Thursday, January 1, 2009
New Year Resolutions
My new year resolutions are seldom realized. Nevertheless, I have decided to set some simple targets for myself this year. :)
1. Run at least twice a week, covering a distance of at least 50 km in 4 weeks
2. Spend at least 3 Saturdays/Sundays at home per month
3. Cook at least 1 meal per week
4. Read at least 1 book per month
5. Curb my spending (errr...... I have yet to work out a target......)
The resolutions look achievable, right? Let's see how I fare at the end of 2009! :)
Well, as I was highlighting the public holidays in my new organizer, I started to think about our holiday destinations for the year! I am already planning for holiday even before the first work day of the year begins! Hahahaha! But if the economy gets worse, we may have to forgo our holiday plans......*finger-crossed*
Post-festive blues have set in...... Luckily tomorrow is Friday. If not the blues will be much more unbearable!
1. Run at least twice a week, covering a distance of at least 50 km in 4 weeks
2. Spend at least 3 Saturdays/Sundays at home per month
3. Cook at least 1 meal per week
4. Read at least 1 book per month
5. Curb my spending (errr...... I have yet to work out a target......)
The resolutions look achievable, right? Let's see how I fare at the end of 2009! :)
Well, as I was highlighting the public holidays in my new organizer, I started to think about our holiday destinations for the year! I am already planning for holiday even before the first work day of the year begins! Hahahaha! But if the economy gets worse, we may have to forgo our holiday plans......*finger-crossed*
Post-festive blues have set in...... Luckily tomorrow is Friday. If not the blues will be much more unbearable!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
告别2008
转眼一年又过去了。
2008年应该算是快乐的一年。至少我可以肯定，前六个月是的。
此刻无法在台北跨年，难免有些遗憾。希望来年有机会可以在市政府看璀璨的烟花从台北101大楼“喷”出来。希望这时的遗憾，身在台北的Mark可以代为弥补。哈！
为了看现场直播，今年我们决定在家用跨年大餐。于是下午，我们从JP买了一些食物回来。摆在桌上的食物看起来还蛮丰富的！
2008年应该算是快乐的一年。至少我可以肯定，前六个月是的。
此刻无法在台北跨年，难免有些遗憾。希望来年有机会可以在市政府看璀璨的烟花从台北101大楼“喷”出来。希望这时的遗憾，身在台北的Mark可以代为弥补。哈！
为了看现场直播，今年我们决定在家用跨年大餐。于是下午，我们从JP买了一些食物回来。摆在桌上的食物看起来还蛮丰富的！
再过几个小时，就要告别多灾多难的2008，迎来未知的2009……希望明年能少一些泪水，多一些欢笑！
元旦快乐！
Saturday, December 6, 2008
生日快樂
對不起，其實我不記得今天是你的生日。
午後心血來潮，我靜靜地坐在電視機前，反覆看你。看著看著，有時忍不住發出會心一笑，有時竟然想哭⋯⋯
不想俗不可耐地認定這就是某種預感或緣份。我真的覺得，這純屬巧合。
人長大後，快樂似乎越來越遙遠。於是快樂變成遙不可及的目標，追求快樂變成理所當然的過程。不知道甚麼時候開始，快樂變成了奢侈品。雖然生活中能夠讓人感覺到快樂的事不算少，但這些小小的幸福往往被生活中大大的壓力和滿滿的牢騷掩沒。
雖然明知不可能天天快樂，但還是要祝福你，希望你能做到！
陳信宏，生日快樂！
午後心血來潮，我靜靜地坐在電視機前，反覆看你。看著看著，有時忍不住發出會心一笑，有時竟然想哭⋯⋯
不想俗不可耐地認定這就是某種預感或緣份。我真的覺得，這純屬巧合。
人長大後，快樂似乎越來越遙遠。於是快樂變成遙不可及的目標，追求快樂變成理所當然的過程。不知道甚麼時候開始，快樂變成了奢侈品。雖然生活中能夠讓人感覺到快樂的事不算少，但這些小小的幸福往往被生活中大大的壓力和滿滿的牢騷掩沒。
雖然明知不可能天天快樂，但還是要祝福你，希望你能做到！
陳信宏，生日快樂！
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