New Year, New You? Here's the Real Deal
‘Tis the season—the big holidays are in the rear-view mirror, and the new year is just over the horizon. Everyone from the TV weatherman to your mother-in-law is spewing some New Year’s resolutions. Ironically, the experts tell us the following: 1. 88% of people who set New Year’s resolutions fail them within the first two weeks (Source: “New Year’s resolutions: Why do we give up on them so quickly?”) 2. 20% of those making resolutions will actively keep themselves accountable when sticking to their goals, but it’s unclear what percentage of these individuals ultimately succeed (Source: “New Year’s Resolutions Statistics and Trends [2024]”) 3. 9% of people who make New Year’s resolutions are successful in keeping them , while 41% of Americans who make resolutions indicate a significant failure rate (Source: “Studies Show 91 Percent of Us Won’t Achieve Our New Year’s Resol...