5 reasons why you don’t stick to your New Year’s resolutions
Professional advice on how to make those January 1 goals last through 2020 and beyond
Have you made a list of New Year’s resolutions for 2020 yet? If you’re like most people, no matter how good your intentions are when you establish them, it’s likely those resolutions won’t last, because it’s tough to get changes to stick.
People fall into the same traps year after year. Whether they decide to lose weight, pay off debt, or get organised, they declare that they’re finally going to do something different in the coming year. Yet, despite their efforts, most of them feel discouraged by their lack of willpower within the first few days of the new year. Most of them quickly abandon their goals.
Trouble keeping a New Year’s resolution is a common phenomenon. A study conducted by researchers at the University of Scranton, in the US state of Pennsylvania, found that 23 per cent of people quit their resolution after just one week. And only 19 per cent of individuals are actually able to stick to their goals long-term (two years, in the case of the study).
Here’s why most New Year’s resolutions just don’t stick – and how to change that:
1. Not ready to change
Those end-of-the-year activities and New Year’s Eve parties often come with pressure to declare how you’re going to change your life. And many people set a resolution based on what they think they should do, rather than what they actually want to do.
