3 Key Reasons Why Your New Year’s Resolutions Won’t Work
Generic new year resolutions are poised to demotivate you
‘Tis the season of creating our long list of new year resolutions, which we strongly hope to be motivated towards as the year progresses. However, as our individual histories have demonstrated, a majority of the items on our new year’s resolution list will never be met. In fact, anyone would be lucky to achieve even 3–4 of the listed resolutions by December 2021. The problem might not just be demotivation that sets in after a while, but that the list itself sets you up for demotivation.
One of the most common new year’s resolution adopted by a majority of people is “I will lose weight this year” Corresponding to this, statistics have shown a 12% increase in gym membership in January every year. Google search witnesses the largest increase in a year for fitness-related queries in January. However, the new, shiny motivation tapers off during the year, with a reported 8 out of 10 of “new year gym goers” quitting within half a year.
To understand why the number of quitters is so staggering, as an example, let’s deep dive into the common new year resolution “I will shed ‘x’ pounds/kilograms this year” Even with a figure of ‘x’ the resolution itself is so broad that it can be applied to anyone. People usually…
