The low bar list of New Year’s resolutions
Many of us love to make New Year’s resolutions. It’s a classic tradition. Right around January first social media will be full posts tagged with #NewYearNewMe. And that’s great. We should all aspire to be our best selves. However, we shouldn’t set ourselves up to fail, right?
Psychology Today reports the dismal success rate of yearly vows of self-improvement.
Most resolutions, however, will fail. A study by researchers at Scranton University found that only 19 percent of individuals keep their resolutions. Most are abandoned by mid-January.
This may sound negative. I’m not advocating not changing for the better. I dropped 20 pounds last year. The thing is, I did it when I was ready to. People transform when they are prepared to and not when some arbitrary date on the calendar shows up knocking at the door like Jehovah’s Witnesses.
“This isn’t about quitting. It’s just that I’m aggressively sitting this one out.”
— Andrew Hall
You may still feel the pressure of making a New Year’s resolution. If you have friends and family taking up the challenge it might be fun to make attainable goals for yourself. Just imagine if you made an easily achievable list?
