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Another sports psychologist, Dr Michele Olson, who is also a professor of exercise sciences at the Auburn University Montgomery, is of the opinion that making a resolution can also be another form of procrastination, which encourages people to wait for the new year to start living healthy lives, as opposed to making changes at present.

Dr Cedric X. Bryant, chief science officer at the American Council on Exercise, believes that making changes during the New Year may be detrimental to leading a healthy lifestyle. Bryant went on to state, "For many it's the busiest, most hectic time and most people have an all or nothing mentality. People don't take time to celebrate the little successes. Because they're so focused on, say, an arbitrary weight goal, they don't notice that they are sleeping better or feeling less anxious."

These scientific suggestions perhaps should not be ignored for too long. In fact, Chertok suggests that it would be wiser to set goals that are not dependent on the time of the year. Perhaps it truly is time to carpe that diem!

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