As usual many people are posting about their new year’s resolutions and the things that they plan to do better or differently in the new year. But routinely as many people do once the new year actually starts they abandon what they said they’d change in the new year. Adults often say “New year, New me” and then do the exact same thing they did in the previous year. Usually people don’t stick with their resolutions for the new year because the goal isn’t specific enough or the person who created the goal for themselves has no idea on how to get to their goal or the expectations for the goal and themselves is too high. When the standard for success is too high, often times the person gets overwhelmed and gives up. Building new habits and learning to have a better quality of life requires slow but gradual progress. That is also something that people don’t really think about when creating their resolutions. Many times, they expect to have a huge amount of progress in a short amount of time. It is very common to hear adults say that will work out more or learn a new skill. Those types of goals aren’t specific enough because there is no time constraint, no progress checks, or proper knowledge about the thing it is that they would like to achieve in the new year. 

In a study done by Susan Weinschenk reported that 38.5% of US adults set new year’s resolutions every year. 23% of adults quit the resolution within the first week of the new year and only 36% make it past a month. This happens because the goal for the new year isn’t relevant, timely, and highly detailed for that certain person. Those who push past the 23% of adults that stick to their resolutions for a month is only about 9% of adults. Frequently, when adults stop working towards  their resolution they say that they will do it next year. By repeating this each year it creates a habit of not holding yourself accountable. As stated before most people don’t actually have an idea on how they are going to reach their goal. Without the proper knowledge, people are more likely to stop working toward their goal because they don’t know where to start. If the person does have the proper knowledge most time the bar for success is too high for what the person is actually able to achieve and how much effort they are willing to put into their resolution. 

Everyone consumes some form of media; news or social media and most people have a bad habit of comparing themselves to those they see online. Due to this habit, adults might see a fitness influencer or one of their friends actively achieving their goal and compare where they are with their resolution to where their friends are. But this is also another reason why many don’t complete their resolutions because frequently many adults are more concerned about what someone else is doing to work towards their goal rather than being concerned what they themselves are doing to work towards their goal for the new year. This happens so often that if people see an influencer posting about what they wanted to do they might comment rude things on the post. Then the adult will most likely continue to not work toward their goal and wait until the next year.