“New year, new me” – every teenage girl on Instagram* The New Year seems like an ideal time to make resolutions because it feels like a fresh start. We are drawn to important dates, like the start of a new year, new month, or even a new week, to begin our goals. But how many of us fall into the trap of making the same New Year’s resolutions over and over again? And how many of us scoff when other people tell us of their grand goals and ambitions, certain that their plans will have fallen by the wayside in mid-January? I never keep my resolutions so this year I’m going to eat more chocolate, exercise less and spend more money. It’s one thing to make resolutions, but another thing entirely to keep them. Since my New Year’s resolution is to blog once a week, I’m starting with five science-backed ways to keep your New Year’s resolutions.
Perhaps I should only let myself eat doughnuts while writing my blog? What’s your new year’s resolution (and how are you planning to achieve it?). I’d love to hear from you – please leave a comment below. If you have found any of these tips interesting or useful, please share with a friend. This is only a little blog in a big, big internet, but I’d love to get my writing out there for everyone to enjoy. On that note, goodbye 2017, and bring on 2018! *If you are a teenage girl on Instagram, I sincerely apologise. I’m sure you’re an exception. Acknowledgements: The idea for this article and some of the supporting research was inspired by the Hidden Brain podcast. I’m new to the world of social science research and the podcast gave me a great starting point to find some of the above papers. If you’ve ever wondered whether the way you park says something about you, or how to teach monkeys to use money, check out their podcast here.
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Hello and welcome to my brand new blog! I started SciChat as my 2018 New Year's Resolution to write more often. Each week I'll find an interesting recent research paper and write about why I think it's so fascinating. I'll occasionally post bonus content as well if I have time. I don't claim to be an expert in every (or any) area of science but I have a pretty solid grounding in physics, chemistry and biology. I can't guarantee I'll get everything right though so I always welcome feedback on my posts and like any good scientist I'm willing to reconsider my viewpoint if new evidence arises.
I know blogs can be a little bit 2008 and it might just be my Gran reading this (hi Gran!) but I do hope you keep coming back here, or subscribe to RSS updates or follow me on Twitter to keep up with my latest posts. I can't promise this is the next IFLScience but I hope you find my posts entertaining and learn something new each time. Finally, thanks to all the generous artists who posted their images on Pexels and Unsplash. This is where I sourced most of the header and background images for my site and I think they are absolutely stunning (and best of all, free). I promise to have my next post up by New Year's Day, so stay tuned! |
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