Why New Year’s resolutions fail… and what to do instead, for better health and greater happiness

There’s a subtle trap that we unwittingly set for ourselves whenever we formulate a goal. Understanding the nature of this trap is the key to making changes that really stick.

Why is it that even when we want to change our lives, and even once we’ve acknowledged that if we want change, then we ourselves must do the changing – sorry to burst your bubble but no, that gadget you saw on the TV shopping channel won’t melt fat off your body while you sit on your tush; repeating affirmations won’t make Mr/Ms Right magically manifest; and the probability of you becoming an internet millionaire is vanishingly low – we still have such enormous trouble with making ourselves change in the ways we want to change?

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https://robynchuter.substack.com/p/why-new-years-resolutions-fail