{"id":533133,"date":"2022-12-31T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-one-new-years-resolution-to-make-for-2023-per-experts\/"},"modified":"2022-12-31T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T18:00:00","slug":"the-one-new-years-resolution-to-make-for-2023-per-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-one-new-years-resolution-to-make-for-2023-per-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"#The one New Year\u2019s resolution to make for 2023, per experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30aa40d46b6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30aa40d46b6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-one-new-years-resolution-to-make-for-2023-per-experts\/#%E2%80%9CThe_one_New_Years_resolution_to_make_for_2023_per_experts%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The one New Year\u2019s resolution to make for 2023, per experts&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_one_New_Years_resolution_to_make_for_2023_per_experts%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The one New Year\u2019s resolution to make for 2023, per experts&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Remember those bathroom readers filled with trivia, factoids, and stories? They\u2019ve been entertaining in the throne room since 1988. Though the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Uncle-Johns-Awesome-35th-Anniversary-Annual-Bathroom-Reader\/Bathroom-Readers-Institute\/Uncle-Johns-Bathroom-Reader-Annual\/9781667200231\">35th anniversary edition<\/a> came out last fall, it probably won\u2019t hit the bestseller lists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The truth is most of us have something else to distract us in the bathroom \u2014 our smartphones. We pull them out on the john, at stoplights, in line at checkout, while we pump gas \u2014 virtually anywhere we have to wait for more than ten seconds. The lure of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> stimuli gives us a dopamine hit that keeps us coming back any time we get a minute.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But what if we\u2019re cheating ourselves out of a better kind of mental reward? What if we resisted the urge to pull out our phones as much and spent some time just thinking instead? Sounds crazy, right? What a waste of time!<\/p>\n<p>But a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35901414\/\">recent study<\/a> reported in the Journal of Experimental Psychology suggests that the act of \u201cjust thinking\u201d can be more rewarding than we might realize. The authors of the paper acknowledge that the ability to engage in internal thoughts without external stimulation is a unique characteristic in humans, yet we regularly under<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>reciate the benefits of doing it. This might be one reason we\u2019re so quick to reach for our phones \u2014 we don\u2019t know what we\u2019re missing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/woman-park-bench.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The ability to &quot;just think&quot; is a uniquely human trait that can be far more rewarding than most people realize. \" class=\"wp-image-25166966\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/woman-park-bench.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/woman-park-bench.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/woman-park-bench.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/woman-park-bench.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/woman-park-bench.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>The ability to \u201cjust think\u201d is a uniquely human trait that can be far more rewarding than most people realize. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To test their hypothesis, the researchers conducted a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of experiments with more than 250 college students in both Japan and the UK. Participants were asked to sit in a quiet room without doing anything for 20 minutes. The authors consistently found that people experienced more enjoyment, engagement, and motivation than they had predicted they would beforehand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[P]eople often proactively avoid just waiting to think,\u201d report the authors, under the assumption that just thinking would be boring and not stimulating. But it turns out we\u2019re designed to think, if we give it a chance: \u201c[P]eople can sustain intrinsically motivated behavior because they can generate internal reward from the change in mental representation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/woman-daydream.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Dedicating time solely for quiet and introspection can be an unlikely motivation-booster, particularly for people who expect it to be boring. \" class=\"wp-image-25166971\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/woman-daydream.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/woman-daydream.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/woman-daydream.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/woman-daydream.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/woman-daydream.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Dedicating time solely for quiet and introspection can be an unlikely motivation-booster, particularly for people who expect it to be boring. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/man-idea.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Allowing our minds to simply wander can not only induce meaningful thoughts, but also generate ways to overcome obstacles and reach our goals. \" class=\"wp-image-25166974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/man-idea.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/man-idea.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/man-idea.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Allowing our minds to simply wander can not only induce meaningful thoughts, but also generate ways to overcome obstacles and reach our goals. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In other words, we can benefit from just thinking. Spontaneous thinking, notes the study, includes daydreaming, mind wandering, episodic future thinking, recollection of autobiographical memories, and nostalgia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Each of these thought processes is valuable to us. For example, daydreaming, as psychologist Jerome Singer\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Daydreaming-and-Fantasy\/Singer\/p\/book\/9781138019799\">research<\/a> has revealed, is our unique ability to alternate between fantasy and reality, a force that can facilitate change and make life more bearable at every stage of our lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/people-phone-addiction.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Our constant connection to smartphones actually delivers a dopamine rush that keeps us coming back for more. No wonder we can't seem to put our devices down.\" class=\"wp-image-25166978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/people-phone-addiction.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/people-phone-addiction.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/people-phone-addiction.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Our constant connection to smartphones actually delivers a dopamine rush that keeps us coming back for more. No wonder we can\u2019t seem to put our devices down.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mind wandering, or stream of consciousness thought, gives us <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.annualreviews.org\/doi\/10.1146\/annurev-psych-010814-015331\">several mental gains<\/a>, including the ability to consider obstacles to future goals, generate novel, creative thoughts, and place our experiences in meaningful context, which can foster well-being and enhance health outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Even nostalgia, an emotion long considered medically and socially detrimental, has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1037\/gpr0000109\">recently been shown<\/a> to be a psychological resource that can provide us with a reservoir of meaning, increasing our sense of belonging and acceptance and our self-continuity, the connection between our past living and our present life.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/journaling.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Challenging ourselves to go without digital devices for 15- to 20-minutes each day opens our minds to new inspirations and ideas. Keep a journal handy and write them down!\" class=\"wp-image-25166982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/journaling.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/journaling.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/journaling.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Challenging ourselves to go without digital devices for 15- to 20-minutes each day opens our minds to new inspirations and ideas. Keep a journal handy and write them down!<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So how about it? Are you willing to make a New Year\u2019s resolution to find some time in your busy week to engage in some beneficial task-free thinking? Try it for two minutes as you pump gas instead of checking your phone. Take a 15-minute walk and daydream or let your mind wander. Work up to a full 20 minutes of just thinking in a quiet space, at least once a week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, keep a journal handy and jot down some of the things you think about during the week. What new ideas did you come up with? What obstacles do you need to overcome to move forward? Did any past events come to mind? Keeping a record of your spontaneous thinking is a way to process what\u2019s in your head and may come in handy later, helping you move closer to your goals.<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s information-laden age, why not kick off 2023 by making the time to just think? It\u2019s a simple practice that can enhance your direction, sense of purpose and human intimacy \u2014 the very basics of a meaningful life.<\/p>\n<p><em>Andrew McDiarmid is a senior fellow at the\u00a0<\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/\"><em>Discovery Institute<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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They\u2019ve been entertaining in the throne room since 1988. Though the 35th anniversary edition came out last fall, it probably won\u2019t hit the bestseller lists.\u00a0 The truth is most of us have something else&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":533134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/smartphone-addition.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[137843,71059,120876,126548,72110],"class_list":["post-533133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-12-31-22","tag-addiction","tag-cyber","tag-inspirational","tag-smartphones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}