To Make or Not to Make New Years Resolutions

According to the Pew Research Center, one-third to one-half of Americans make resolutions each year. Despite a desire to make important and often healthy changes in their lives, millions of people barely make it past the first month of the year before they abandon their new diets, exercise routines, and budgets. If the vast majority of us are destined to fail, then why make resolutions at all? In this episode we explore this question and begin to understand when, how, and why you should make a new years resolution and we discuss the strategies and tools you can employ at any point in time when you resolve to make important, healthy changes in your life.   Psychology Today: The Practice and Habit of Happiness by Jeffrey Davis https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/tracking-wonder/201912/the-practice-and-habit-happiness The Atlantic: New Years Resolutions That Will Actually Lead to Happiness by Arthur C. Brooks https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/12/new-years-resolutions-will-make-you-happier/617439/ The New York Times: This Year, Try Downsizing Your Resolutions by Christina Caron https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/well/live/new-years-resolutions-2021.html The New York Times: How to Make (and keep) a New Years Resolution by Jen A. Miller https://www.nytimes.com/guides/smarterliving/resolution-ideas