The time is coming when 190 million people will ring in the New Year by setting themselves up for disappointment.
Why is it that we decide January 1 needs to be the day we start? Start losing that 20 pounds. Start exercising regularly. Start spending more time with our kids.
70% of people have already quit their New Years Resolution by January 10th. That’s because they are set up for failure. They think somehow, through sheer willpower and the magic of a new year, they’ll become a different person.
If you’re like me, and a quarter of all Americans, you’ve given up the idea of New Year Resolutions completely.
There is something special about changing that number at the end of the calendar, though. A new year does feel like an opportunity — to refresh, renew, maybe even start again.
Ceremonies matters
Our lives are filled with ceremony. We mark important events like birthdays and graduations with celebrations—and usually cake.
Ceremonies have been used to mark life transitions or changes in the self for millennia. By celebrating the end of something — and the beginning of…
