{"id":952,"date":"2017-01-09T20:04:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T02:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beckypalmer.thecomputerguy.bz\/?p=952"},"modified":"2017-01-09T20:04:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T02:04:08","slug":"new-years-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=952","title":{"rendered":"New Years Resolutions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In January many of us like to make resolutions. \u00a0Maybe we want to lose weight, get more organized, spend more time with family, or one of any other goals.<\/p>\n<p>There isn&#8217;t anything inherently wrong with wanting to improve yourself. \u00a0We all should want to be the best version of ourselves. \u00a0The problem with resolutions is that we tend to set ourselves up for failure. \u00a0We set goals that are virtually impossible for us to achieve. \u00a0We want to lose 100 lbs in 6 months. \u00a0We want to reorganize all our closets to Pinterest perfection. \u00a0We want to write the great American novel. \u00a0We want to have the perfect family.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, none of us are perfect. \u00a0And so we fail to meet these impossible goals. \u00a0Then we eat more. \u00a0We don&#8217;t organize anything. \u00a0We don&#8217;t write or paint or sew anything. \u00a0And that is sad.<\/p>\n<p>So, lets all take it easy on ourselves this year, shall we? \u00a0We don&#8217;t need any more stress in our lives do we?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January many of us like to make resolutions. \u00a0Maybe we want to lose weight, get more organized, spend more time with family, or one of any other goals. There isn&#8217;t anything inherently wrong with wanting to improve yourself. \u00a0We all should want to be the best version of ourselves. \u00a0The problem with resolutions is that we tend to set&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=952\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice","category-warm-fuzzies"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In January many of us like to make resolutions. Maybe we want to lose weight, get more organized, spend more time with family, or one of any other goals. There isn&#039;t anything inherently wrong with wanting to improve yourself. We all should want to be the best version of ourselves. The problem with resolutions is\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Becky P\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=952\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.1.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Knotty Things - Unraveling the mysteries of life and love with facts, felines, and fun\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Years Resolutions? - Knotty Things\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In January many of us like to make resolutions. Maybe we want to lose weight, get more organized, spend more time with family, or one of any other goals. There isn&#039;t anything inherently wrong with wanting to improve yourself. We all should want to be the best version of ourselves. The problem with resolutions is\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=952\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/new-years.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/new-years.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"5054\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"3369\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-10T02:04:08+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-01-10T02:04:08+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/myknottythings\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"New Years Resolutions? - Knotty Things\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"In January many of us like to make resolutions. Maybe we want to lose weight, get more organized, spend more time with family, or one of any other goals. There isn&#039;t anything inherently wrong with wanting to improve yourself. We all should want to be the best version of ourselves. The problem with resolutions is\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/new-years.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=952#blogposting\",\"name\":\"New Years Resolutions? - Knotty Things\",\"headline\":\"New Years Resolutions?\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?author=2#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/#person\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/new-years.jpg\",\"width\":5054,\"height\":3369},\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-09T20:04:08-06:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-09T20:04:08-06:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=952#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=952#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Advice, Warm fuzzies\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=952#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?cat=24#listItem\",\"name\":\"Advice\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?cat=24#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Advice\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?cat=24\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=952#listItem\",\"name\":\"New Years Resolutions?\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=952#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"New Years Resolutions?\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?cat=24#listItem\",\"name\":\"Advice\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/#person\",\"name\":\"Becky P\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=952#personImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/18642b59f463f5f5960ff233dd1981dbefa914fde2d46bd2ca3bcc5a2672413c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Becky P\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?author=2#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?author=2\",\"name\":\"Becky P\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=952#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/18642b59f463f5f5960ff233dd1981dbefa914fde2d46bd2ca3bcc5a2672413c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Becky P\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=952#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=952\",\"name\":\"New Years Resolutions? - Knotty Things\",\"description\":\"In January many of us like to make resolutions. Maybe we want to lose weight, get more organized, spend more time with family, or one of any other goals. There isn't anything inherently wrong with wanting to improve yourself. We all should want to be the best version of ourselves. The problem with resolutions is\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=952#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?author=2#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?author=2#author\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/new-years.jpg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=952\\\/#mainImage\",\"width\":5054,\"height\":3369},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=952#mainImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-09T20:04:08-06:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-09T20:04:08-06:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/\",\"name\":\"Knotty Things\",\"description\":\"Unraveling the mysteries of life and love with facts, felines, and fun\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/#person\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"New Years Resolutions? - Knotty Things","description":"In January many of us like to make resolutions. Maybe we want to lose weight, get more organized, spend more time with family, or one of any other goals. There isn't anything inherently wrong with wanting to improve yourself. We all should want to be the best version of ourselves. The problem with resolutions is","canonical_url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=952","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=952#blogposting","name":"New Years Resolutions? - Knotty Things","headline":"New Years Resolutions?","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?author=2#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/#person"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/new-years.jpg","width":5054,"height":3369},"datePublished":"2017-01-09T20:04:08-06:00","dateModified":"2017-01-09T20:04:08-06:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=952#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=952#webpage"},"articleSection":"Advice, Warm fuzzies"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=952#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?cat=24#listItem","name":"Advice"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?cat=24#listItem","position":2,"name":"Advice","item":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?cat=24","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=952#listItem","name":"New Years Resolutions?"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=952#listItem","position":3,"name":"New Years Resolutions?","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?cat=24#listItem","name":"Advice"}}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/#person","name":"Becky P","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=952#personImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18642b59f463f5f5960ff233dd1981dbefa914fde2d46bd2ca3bcc5a2672413c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Becky P"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?author=2#author","url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?author=2","name":"Becky P","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=952#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18642b59f463f5f5960ff233dd1981dbefa914fde2d46bd2ca3bcc5a2672413c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Becky P"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=952#webpage","url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=952","name":"New Years Resolutions? - Knotty Things","description":"In January many of us like to make resolutions. Maybe we want to lose weight, get more organized, spend more time with family, or one of any other goals. There isn't anything inherently wrong with wanting to improve yourself. We all should want to be the best version of ourselves. The problem with resolutions is","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=952#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?author=2#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?author=2#author"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/new-years.jpg","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=952\/#mainImage","width":5054,"height":3369},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=952#mainImage"},"datePublished":"2017-01-09T20:04:08-06:00","dateModified":"2017-01-09T20:04:08-06:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/#website","url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/","name":"Knotty Things","description":"Unraveling the mysteries of life and love with facts, felines, and fun","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/#person"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Knotty Things - Unraveling the mysteries of life and love with facts, felines, and fun","og:type":"article","og:title":"New Years Resolutions? - Knotty Things","og:description":"In January many of us like to make resolutions. Maybe we want to lose weight, get more organized, spend more time with family, or one of any other goals. There isn't anything inherently wrong with wanting to improve yourself. We all should want to be the best version of ourselves. The problem with resolutions is","og:url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=952","og:image":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/new-years.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/new-years.jpg","og:image:width":5054,"og:image:height":3369,"article:published_time":"2017-01-10T02:04:08+00:00","article:modified_time":"2017-01-10T02:04:08+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/myknottythings\/","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"New Years Resolutions? - Knotty Things","twitter:description":"In January many of us like to make resolutions. Maybe we want to lose weight, get more organized, spend more time with family, or one of any other goals. There isn't anything inherently wrong with wanting to improve yourself. We all should want to be the best version of ourselves. The problem with resolutions is","twitter:image":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/new-years.jpg"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"952","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"created":"2023-07-02 14:37:18","updated":"2025-06-04 04:34:26","ai":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null,"focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?cat=24\" title=\"Advice\">Advice<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tNew Years Resolutions?\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me"},{"label":"Advice","link":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?cat=24"},{"label":"New Years Resolutions?","link":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=952"}],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/new-years.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}