FOR some, New Year’s Eve signals the end of a chapter and grants the opportunity to start afresh with the excitement providing a renewed motivation to set and achieve goals.
By Macey Sanders
December 30, 2022 | 7:00 PM
FOR some, New Year’s Eve signals the end of a chapter and grants the opportunity to start afresh with the excitement providing a renewed motivation to set and achieve goals.
While looking back on the year that was, people often look ahead to what they want to accomplish, inspiring them to set New Year’s resolutions.
A survey of 1000 Australians across all states and territories completed by AussieBet.com revealed the most common New Year’s resolution was to improve personal fitness and nutrition plans (25 per cent), closely followed by focusing on financial goals such as saving or investing (24.8 per cent).
Other popular choices included wanting to grow their career (6.4 per cent), travel more (5.6 per cent), and improve relationships with family and friends (4.3 per cent).
Of the people surveyed, over half said they find setting a New Year’s resolution helpful (55.8 per cent), while 19.9 per cent admitted they did not set one at all.
As many of us know, New Year’s resolutions do not often last with the results from the AussieBet.com survey revealing the top reasons why Australians fail at keeping their goals are lack of motivation, forgetting about their resolution, and losing track of progress.
With tomorrow marking the start of 2023, The Spectator hit the streets of Hamilton to hear what some residents and local business people had their sights set on achieving in the new year.
TEGAN Ackland, Ballarat, said she wanted to “win the Hamilton Campdraft”, while her daughter, Sienna, Ballarat, said she wanted to win her first draft.MARIE Lea, Chatsworth, said she wanted to “do more of everything”, with John Lea saying his New Year’s Resolution was to “get a new truck”.ANN Ferrier, Hamilton, said her goal for 2023 would be to “earn more and spend less”.BARRIE Hadden, Hamilton, said his resolution was to “see friends”.STEPHEN Kucyn, Hamilton, will start 2023 wanting to “continue with my small plot of land growing vegetables. Maybe also take a trip or two to Ballarat or Warrnambool. If you get away it’s a bit like a holiday”.KEZIA Derksen, Branxholme, and Kyal Doneman, Hamilton shared the same New Year’s resolution which was to “spend time with your loved one”.ERNIE Spencer, Hamilton, is looking forward to sunshine in 2023 and said he was “hoping to spend more time in better weather”.PETER Bailey, Hamilton, said his New Year’s resolution was to “see the family more as we haven’t seen much of them, as of late”.CHLOE Brabham, Hamilton, has her sights set on new wheels in 2023, saying she wants to “spend less money and save to go towards a new car”.BRAYDEN Watson, Hamilton, said his goal is to “continue to improve my health through healthy eating and exercise”.GLENYS Brown, Merino, is focusing on hobbies in 2023, hoping to “have more time to knit and spin wool”. SHELBY Katsaros, Heywood, said she wants to “get a better sleep routine” in 2023.
KATHY Collins from Victoria’s Sights and Delights said the business wanted to “continue to see all our wonderful customers in 2023”.
KATHY Collins from Victoria’s Sights and Delights said the business wanted to “continue to see all our wonderful customers in 2023”.CHRIS Slade from Slade’s Newsagency wants to “go on an unrestricted holiday with no COVID restrictions”.KATE Pickford from Young Guns Society said her goal for 2023 was to “be the local that supports local”.ANGIE Darling from Hamilton Vinnies said her New Year’s Resolution was to “lose weight”.LYAL Eales from Lyal Eales Stores Hamilton is hoping to “continue to improve the offerings to help people get to the great outdoors” and “spend more time with family and friends” in 2023.NARELLE Shepherd said her New Year’s Resolution was to “live life to the fullest” in 2023, while Kate Klemettila from Sacks Jewellers has her sights set on “shopping more local”.WANNON MP, Dan Tehan admitted to not achieving his 2022 New Year’s resolution of “getting on a road bike” and said he hoped to finally achieve it in 2023. Photo: SUPPLIED.
