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Media releases > Resolution stress? VSO has the answer
Our New Year's resolution poll
(20 December 2005)
With the new year fast approaching a new poll from international development charity VSO reveals that almost two thirds of people are set to break their New Year resolutions within just a week and only a determined one in ten people's willpower lasts longer than a month.
But don’t despair. Faltering in January doesn't necessarily have to mean the end to good intentions. Across the world New Year's Day is celebrated on different dates throughout the year, offering those who fail to keep their resolutions a second chance to change their lives.
For those eager to try again the festivities for the Chinese and Vietnamese new years in late January/early February offer an early second chance; or they can hold off until April when Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Pakistan all celebrate the start of a new year. For those completely devastated by their lack of resolve in January there's the option of waiting until October when the South Pacific ushers in its new year.
And having a second go is good for you. Research shows making a new year's resolutions, no matter how big or small, makes you 10 times more likely to change your life than if you hadn't bothered.
One of the options for those looking for a really life changing experience is volunteering with VSO where you could find yourself working in Africa or Asia sharing skills with local colleagues to help tackle poverty. Deciding to spend time volunteering overseas could be the resolution of a lifetime and next year you might find yourself celebrating New Year's Eve on a hilltop in Nepal or in the vast open beauty of Africa.
Go on, everyone loves a tryer. To find out more about volunteering opportunities with VSO visit www.vso.org.uk/volunteering.
Editors' Notes- VSO is an international development charity that works through volunteers. At any one time around 1,500 experienced professionals are sharing their skills with local colleagues in some of the world’s poorest communities, working together to find realistic solutions to the problems they face.
- The results are based on an online poll posted on the VSO website between December 5 and 14.
- The research mentioned above was carried out by the Department of Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
- For further information please contact Leona Daly.
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