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The new year brings with it new challenges and new resolutions but also, unless we are very lucky indeed, a lot of the old frustrations and routine of the old year, whatever that consists of.

Making new plans is difficult, though, whether it's a plan to save money or weight it takes work to change and more to make the change stick.

So why DVD rental for the new year?

A number of reasons spring immediately to mind but let's break them down into three main areas before going on to examine them further.

The first area is that it changes daily habits with a minimum of effort.

In the case of DVD rental, it's a service which is delivered to your home eliminating the need for you to make any particular effort away from your norm in order to receive it.

Thus it immediately creates its own norm and standard - it's a game changer within just a few clicks and with a minimum of willpower required, always a plus when it comes to the New Year.

There are even credit only online DVD rental services such as Lovefilm which offer a limited number of rentals rather than a rolling monthly contract which can be ideal if your plans for the New Year don't stretch past January or February.

The second area, and perhaps the most important, is the fact that DVD rental can aid and abet all manner of new years resolutions.

Cooking DVDs, for example, are now more widespread than ever and can teach even a novice to whip up new dishes much more easily than books can.

There are also DVDs which teach hobbies as diverse as sewing and acting techniques.

Since many rental sites also offer huge world cinema and foreign language film stocks then the service is also a great way to help people to learn a new language or brush up on their skills for speaking and understanding an existing one.

For those that are hoping to do more travelling in the coming year it could also be an opportunity for them to get to grips with the culture, customs and history of the country that they will be going to.

Last but by no means least it's worth noting that exercise DVDs are often available to rent from these services and there is no resolution so widespread as the one to get in shape.

The third area is that DVD rental can help to inspire a whole new direction for the new year.

Many sites offer games rental services if that's a new hobby that strikes you and the inducemenets above could equally be taken up as a novel hobby.