At the start of each year, most of us engage with setting New Year’s Resolutions. The most popular themes seem to centre around weight control, fitness and money management. Unfortunately, most of those resolutions seem to have been forgotten by the end of the month. However, there are ways you can train yourself to keep those resolutions long term, so they become a way of life rather than an imposition one wants to forget.
What do you resolve for 2026?
Jeffrey A Tucker provides us with a great exploration of themes generated by Henry Hazlitt in this informative article for The Epoch Times – What Do you Resolve for 2026.
In 1922, Hazlitt wrote The Way to Will-Power and later in 1946, Economics in One Lesson.
The underlying theme of this first book was that we should have ambitions for the future and not languish in past indulgences.
Weight Control
You could fill a library with books relating to weight control and I am not the person to recommend any method.
All I can say is “DO THE MATHS”.
Calories consumed less calories spent (exercise) = weight increase or weight decrease depending on which is greater.
Financial Control
Financial control is similar. To manage your money effectively:
Don’t spend more than you earn
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Happy New Year! I wish you every success with your New Year’s Resolutions.
Glenis Phillips SF FIN – Developer of Financial Mappers and Advice Online
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