{"id":851,"date":"2009-12-30T15:15:43","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T21:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=851"},"modified":"2009-12-31T07:26:48","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T13:26:48","slug":"commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMENTARY: New Year\u2019s resolutions!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/horse-lisette.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-866\" title=\"horse lisette\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/horse-lisette-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/horse-lisette-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/horse-lisette.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Apparently, resolutions at the turn of the old year with the new year in mind have been fashionable well before some of the bad habits we\u2019ve all succumbed to existed \u2013 in other words, the Babylonians or Romans who are presumed to be the originators of the trend, would have probably quoted: \u2018From now on I will spare the rod when it comes to the horse\u2019 &#8211; or conversely, \u2018When my enemy falls, I promise not to scalp him.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A mythical king of 153 B.C. called Janus was deemed to have two faces that enabled him to look back on past events and look forward to the future. How cool is that? Janus became the ancient symbol for resolutions and many Romans looked for forgiveness from their enemies, to the point of exchanging gifts at the beginning of each year.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to the present day:<\/p>\n<p>New Year\u2019s Resolutions are basically commitments or promises that people make to themselves. These could be promises to complete a project or to alter a habit for their own betterment. Since these resolutions are usually made at year\u2019s end, they have picked up the tag of New Year\u2019s Resolutions. Ideally, a resolution like this should remain in effect until the goal is achieved; however, it\u2019s well known that most resolutions are broken fairly shortly after they are made.<\/p>\n<p>For myself, I will endeavour to keep up the walking regime with the dogs and enjoy the healthy environment that Dominica provides; won\u2019t cut off people in mid-sentence when they phone; slimming is not an issue so the chocolate stays; keep contact with folk that are often lonely and depressed; strive to become a better artist \u2013 I\u2019ve attached my latest painting &#8211; and possibly give my husband a little more latitude in life, considering he\u2019s writing this!<\/p>\n<p>On that happy note, we wish everyone at Dominica News Online and their considerable readership a peaceful and prosperous 2010 and Beyonce\u2026sorry, Beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Lisette Stevens<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the views of the management and staff of Dominica News Online and its parent company.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apparently, resolutions at the turn of the old year with the new year in mind have been fashionable well before some of the bad habits we\u2019ve all succumbed to existed \u2013 in other words, the Babylonians or Romans who are&#8230;","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commentary"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>COMMENTARY: New Year\u2019s resolutions! - Dominica News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-new-year\u2019s-resolutions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COMMENTARY: New Year\u2019s resolutions! - Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Apparently, resolutions at the turn of the old year with the new year in mind have been fashionable well before some of the bad habits we\u2019ve all succumbed to existed \u2013 in other words, the Babylonians or Romans who are...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-new-year\u2019s-resolutions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-12-30T21:15:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2009-12-31T13:26:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/horse-lisette.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed\"},\"headline\":\"COMMENTARY: New Year\u2019s resolutions!\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-12-30T21:15:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-12-31T13:26:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":364,\"commentCount\":3,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/12\\\/horse-lisette.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Commentary\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\\\/\",\"name\":\"COMMENTARY: New Year\u2019s resolutions! - Dominica News Online\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/12\\\/horse-lisette.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-12-30T21:15:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-12-31T13:26:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/12\\\/horse-lisette.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/12\\\/horse-lisette.jpg\",\"width\":\"360\",\"height\":\"480\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"COMMENTARY: New Year\u2019s resolutions!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dominica News Online\",\"description\":\"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/tdurand\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"COMMENTARY: New Year\u2019s resolutions! - Dominica News Online","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-new-year\u2019s-resolutions\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"COMMENTARY: New Year\u2019s resolutions! - Dominica News Online","og_description":"Apparently, resolutions at the turn of the old year with the new year in mind have been fashionable well before some of the bad habits we\u2019ve all succumbed to existed \u2013 in other words, the Babylonians or Romans who are...","og_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-new-year\u2019s-resolutions\/","og_site_name":"Dominica News Online","article_published_time":"2009-12-30T21:15:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2009-12-31T13:26:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":360,"height":480,"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/horse-lisette.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\/"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed"},"headline":"COMMENTARY: New Year\u2019s resolutions!","datePublished":"2009-12-30T21:15:43+00:00","dateModified":"2009-12-31T13:26:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\/"},"wordCount":364,"commentCount":3,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/horse-lisette.jpg","articleSection":["Commentary"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\/","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\/","name":"COMMENTARY: New Year\u2019s resolutions! - Dominica News Online","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/horse-lisette.jpg","datePublished":"2009-12-30T21:15:43+00:00","dateModified":"2009-12-31T13:26:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/horse-lisette.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/horse-lisette.jpg","width":"360","height":"480"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"COMMENTARY: New Year\u2019s resolutions!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/","name":"Dominica News Online","description":"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/author\/tdurand\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/horse-lisette.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":868,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions\/868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}