New Year’s Resolutions: How To Make Them Stick

This article is provided by our partners at Vita Health

New Year’s Resolutions. We always make them with the best intentions, but rarely do they last long. The gyms fill up, new hobbies are started, and social media buzzes with declarations of
transformation.

Yet by mid-February, most of these ambitious plans have quietly faded away. Research from a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology found that 23% of people abandon
their resolutions within the first week, and 43% give up by the end of January.

So what goes wrong? The problem often isn’t a lack of motivation or willpower. It’s that resolutions are frequently too vague, too ambitious, or disconnected from the reality of daily life. “Get fit,”
“eat healthier,” or “save more” sound positive, but they lack the specificity and structure needed to translate intention into action.