Does it really work? According to Wiki, popular goals include resolutions to:
- Improve well-being: lose weight, exercise more, eat better, drink lessalcohol, quit smoking, stop biting nails
- Improve finances: get out of debt, save money
- Improve career: get a better job
- Improve education: improve grades, get a better education, learn something new (such as a foreign language or music), study often
- Improve self: become more organized, reduce stress, be less grumpy,manage time, be more independent, perhaps watch less television, play less sitting-down video games
- Take a trip
- Volunteer to help others, practice life skills, use civic virtue, give to charity
However, how long do people stick to it. Studies show that nearly 90% of the people who set goals, fail to achieve them. Many sign up to the gym and diet programmes in January, but give up after 3 months. So, is there a way to encourage people to stick to their goals? There have been apps developed to help people with that – setting a goal and having a commitment contract. Therefore you will have something at stake (usually its monetary as people react more if there is money at stake). Stickk is an example of an app, designed to help people with their goals.
What’s more is that you can drink (yes, alcohol), whilst browsing. Albeit being on the pricey side (what do you expect?), you can be walking around with a beer or wine whilst enjoying the late night at the science museum.
It’s nice to see the goverment taking positive action towards encouraging renewable energy generation. However, it is also important to weigh the cost and benefits in the long term. We do not want certain parties to benefit whereas others have to bear the cost through higher taxes and higher overall retail tariffs.
