"As January of a new year approaches, many people will soon be pontificating about possible future goals. How do they want to feel in the year ahead? What do they want to do? Where do they want to go? Who do they want to be? For these people - hopefully including you - This is an exciting time to entertain possibilities, explore novel ideas, and exclude past excuses."
"Yet we've all heard - or even personally experienced - the discouraging statistics about New Year's Resolutions 1-2: For every 10 people who commit to a New Year's goal, perhaps just 1-2 person succeeds long-term. Goal attrition is rapid. Upwards of a third of people give up their goal by the end of January. Over half by March. All goals categories seem to fail about equally: health, fitness, relationships, finances all share the same tragic pattern of initial optimism followed by fast entropy."
As January approaches, many people consider future goals about feelings, activities, places, and identity. New Year's resolutions have low long-term success: roughly one or two of ten people achieve goals, with about a third quitting by the end of January and over half by March. Failures arise from vague goal definitions, fixation on short-term milestones without anchors for maintenance, and life stressors or injuries. Short-cuts are commonly pursued but rarely produce lasting results. Accelerators offer an alternative: science-based strategies that speed progress and sustain momentum, making goal achievement more strategic than dependent on luck or willpower.
Read at Psychology Today
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