According to one survey, only around 9 percent of people achieve their New Year’s resolutions, even though around a third of us attempt them. Most of our resolutions revolve around improving physical and mental health, which are important life changes that can have a positive impact on the lives we live.
So this year, instead of just giving up on the important changes that might improve the quality of your life, why not tweak them according to science to make them more achievable?
Why We Can Fail at New Year’s Resolutions
Part of the reason that we fail to keep our resolutions is because they aren’t that well thought out. We tend to choose drastic, rigid goals that don’t have enough flexibility and would be difficult to add into our daily lives, says Carla Marie Manly, a clinical psychologist and author of the book Joy From Fear: Create the Life of Your Dreams by Making Fear Your Friend. She adds that we also tend to fear failure, which makes us even more rigid.
