5 Most Unrealistic New Year’s Resolutions

You might think making New Year’s Resolutions is a waste of time. After all, research shows 75% per them don’t last past the first week of the New Year, and by June less than half are still alive. That’s the bad news.

The good news is, making resolutions is still useful. People who explicitly make resolutions are 10 times more likely to attain their goals than people who don’t.

With that in mind, we survey the five most ‘likely to fail’ resolutions for 2010:

1. I am going to eat healthy

This resolution is good for anywhere between 7 hours to 2 weeks. Most people will break this resolution as soon as they unpack their Christmas presents because so many of them are chocolates.

2. I am going to exercise

This resolution is kept anywhere between 3 days to 2-3 weeks. It is always easier to go to gym during holidays. Once work starts people realise that going to gym is no longer feasible.

3. I will not drink alcohol this year

Probably one of the most unkept resolutions of all time. It is doubly wrong to make this resolution during New Year’s. All your friends know the fate of this resolution.

4. I will spend more time with my kids

The fact that you have to even make a resolution like this states that you are struggling to find time for your kids. Something is wrong somewhere.

5. I will get over my financial debts

You have probably overspent in the holiday season, a bit like major banks and governments. So now you think it would be the right time to bring in some strict measures to tighten your personal fiscal policy. However you find it normal to after couple of months to owe credit card companies $5000.

To find out how to do better, read out blog on Keeping New Year’s Resolutions.