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The Dark Side of New Year’s Resolutions
What if you replaced making the traditional New Year’s resolutions with this celebratory idea?
The problem I’ve always had with making New Year’s resolutions is that, as the year progresses, I begin to feel greater and greater guilt because usually, in some way, I’ve broken them!
Can you relate?
I discovered that there are deep-rooted psychological reasons why making new year’s resolutions doesn’t work for most people!
Have you heard of False Hope Syndrome?
Most of us tend to set unrealistic goals, fueled by overconfidence. Of course, this leads to frustration and eventual abandonment of our unrealistic resolutions.
We tend to make lot of resolutions out of tradition rather than a meaningful and thoughtful and personal desire for change.
Naturally, the result is low motivation.
Then there’s what I call all-or-nothing thinking.
Do your resolutions demand perfection? Leaving no room for error?
This kind of rigid mindset can quickly lead to burnout when you begin to experience small setbacks.
