New Year Resolutions: How to Succeed in 2024
New Year resolutions, we all set them. We start to believe that we can improve our lives. Things are going to change for the better. We are not going to be stuck in the same old rut again this year. Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m a great believer in not setting goals. So, this New Year why not try something a little different?
Set no New Year resolutions at all!
In this post I’ll outline how adopting a few key Stoic principles will make 2024 your best year ever. You can do it, it is possible, read on to find out how.
Making noble resolutions is not as important as keeping the resolutions you have made already. — Seneca
The Futility of New Year Resolutions
Ask yourself, how many of the 2019 New Year resolutions you set that you kept?
Albert Einstein once said,
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Perhaps then setting resolutions for 2024 is simply a way of creating unwanted stress and disappointment? I set New Year resolutions for many years. They covered the usual things: gain muscle, lose fat, stop drinking alcohol, eat better, along with many others.
