2012 is upon us, which means it’s time to write your resolutions.
Have a hard time sticking to them in the past? YouTube is here to help.
YouTube is encouraging users to upload their New Year’s resolutions in the form of video blog posts, or vlogs. They’re calling it the #awesome2012 challenge, after the hashtag used to enter the contest. According to the blog post announcing the initiative, the top “most interesting” videos will even be featured on the home page in January.
Amanda Russell, whose video was featured in the blog post, made a video offering three tips to help you keep your resolutions. Her third tip, to stay motivated, involves telling people what your goal is, so you can gather support and encouragement.
And what better way to make your resolutions known than to vlog about them for the whole world to see?
Hundreds of YouTubers have already uploaded vlogs of their resolutions—apparently even without YouTube’s encouragement, as only a dozen are tagged #awesome2012.
Ross Everett’s “50 New Years Resolutions in 2012” is by far one of the most comedic. Everett begins his video by saying every year he fails to keep them, but this year, because his resolutions are on video, things will be different.
His resolutions include eating healthy and not being “douchey” about how healthy he is eating, before devolving into offbeat and self-deprecating suggestions for his future self. (For example: “Say ‘Rosebud’ as you are dying. One person will get it, and it will be totally worth it.”)
“This made me really, really laugh. Belly laugh in fact. List comedy is a science you just made look like an art my friend,” wrote TheAnnabanana48 in a YouTube comment.
YouTube celebrity Blair Fowler said in her 2012 resolutions video that making a video last year had been very helpful. “I really appreciated having that video throughout the year, because I was able to go back to that video and see if I am completing my […] goals,” said Fowler.
So what are you waiting for? Turn on that camera and let the world know!
Post a link to your video in the comments or email it to us at tips@dailydot.com.
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