How to restart our New Year’s resolutions
2 years, 2 months ago

How to restart our New Year’s resolutions

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Award-winning behavioral scientist Katy Milkman is the James G. Dinan Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, author of “How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be,” cofounder of the Behavior Change for Good Initiative, and the host of Charles Schwab’s “Choiceology” podcast. That means you’ll want to avoid vague goals like “I’ll exercise more” and instead set specific goals like “I’ll work out four times a week.” Here are my five favorite science-based tips for sticking to your resolutions, sourced from my book, “How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.” Print out or save this PDF to help you set your goals. If your goal is to meditate five days each week, a plan like “I’ll meditate on weekdays” would be too vague. But a cue-based plan like “I’ll meditate at the office on weekdays during my lunch break” would fit the bill. Researchers call this the “What the hell effect.” Here’s what it looks like: You planned to get to bed early every night but couldn’t resist staying up late one Friday to watch an extra episode of “Succession.” After that, your early-to-bed plans went out the window because “What the hell,” you’d already failed.

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How to keep your New Year's resolutions going past January - and what to do if you slip up
2 months, 2 weeks ago

How to keep your New Year's resolutions going past January - and what to do if you slip up

Daily Mail  

Understanding how the brain works is key when it comes to sticking to goals Every January, millions of people vow to change their lives. Whether it's quitting smoking, going to the gym, or losing weight, New Year's resolutions come with the promise of a fresh start. Chris Meaden, a leading trauma and anxiety therapist, trusted by royalty and celebrities alike, …

Why am I struggling with my New Year’s resolutions already?
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Why am I struggling with my New Year’s resolutions already?

The Independent  

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What I’ve learnt from all my failed new year’s resolutions
2 months, 4 weeks ago

What I’ve learnt from all my failed new year’s resolutions

The Independent  

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Making any New Year’s resolutions? Here are some tips to help make them stick
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3 months ago

Making any New Year’s resolutions? Here are some tips to help make them stick

Associated Press  

LONDON — As the new year dawns, so too does the opportunity for change. “It might be more helpful to say, you’re only going to have dessert on the weekends and for special occasions.” Behavioral health experts recommend breaking ambitious goals into smaller targets, like swapping at least one snack for fruit and vegetables or getting some exercise for 10 …

Take it from me as a life coach: ditch your New Year’s resolutions
3 months ago

Take it from me as a life coach: ditch your New Year’s resolutions

The Independent  

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Happy New Year 2025: Here are the top 10 most popular New Year resolutions
3 months ago

Happy New Year 2025: Here are the top 10 most popular New Year resolutions

Hindustan Times  

As 2024 comes to an end and the New Year approaches, signalling a fresh start, people enthusiastically embrace the opportunity for a ‘new me’ by setting resolutions. But it’s time to be positive and turn over a new leaf and new you as you actually commit to your resolutions this year. Here are some of the popular resolutions: Fitness Every …

How to stick to your new year resolutions beyond January
3 months, 1 week ago

How to stick to your new year resolutions beyond January

India Today  

As the New Year rolls in, many of us set grand resolutions—losing weight, exercising more, learning a new skill, or managing finances better. In fact, studies show that nearly 80% of New Year’s resolutions are abandoned by February. Here’s how to stick to your New Year resolutions well into the year: SET SPECIFICS AND ACHIEVABLE GOALS One of the main …

Why now (December) is a better time to start your New Year resolutions
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Why now (December) is a better time to start your New Year resolutions

India Today  

At the start of every new year, many people create a list of resolutions to improve their lives. Psychologists, meanwhile, have an innovative solution to making your new year resolutions – start them in December. Start your new year resolution right away Experts say that starting new year resolutions in December can improve the chances of sustaining them. However, many …

New Year's Resolutions Often Set Us Up To Fail. Here Are 8 Tips For Success.
3 months, 3 weeks ago

New Year's Resolutions Often Set Us Up To Fail. Here Are 8 Tips For Success.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING It’s that time of year! There’s nothing wrong with having these goals, she explained, but “sustaining them without genuine internal motivation will be challenging.” One example might be to exercise three times a week. “They’ll say things like, I want to lose X amount of weight, but the goal is really the habit change that will get …

My new year’s resolution? Be kinder to myself
1 year, 2 months ago

My new year’s resolution? Be kinder to myself

The Independent  

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8 expert-backed ways to make your New Year health resolutions last past mid-January
1 year, 2 months ago

8 expert-backed ways to make your New Year health resolutions last past mid-January

India Today  

December marks the death of all will to work out and by mid-January, most of those health resolutions have died a lonely death at the altar of reality. However, research shows that one of the top New Year resolutions on everyone’s mind is how to ‘become healthier’. Research, however, shows that one of the top New Year resolutions is ‘becoming …

7 practical ways to stick to your New Year resolutions in 2024
1 year, 3 months ago

7 practical ways to stick to your New Year resolutions in 2024

Hindustan Times  

The New Year is right around the corner, and we are all gearing up to celebrate it with our friends and family. However, the longest-running joke with New Year's resolutions is that the majority of us fail to achieve them. So, we decided to help you out with practical ways which will help you to stick to your resolutions in …

December resolutions: 5 things to do in the last month of the year
1 year, 4 months ago

December resolutions: 5 things to do in the last month of the year

Hindustan Times  

December - the last month of the year is almost here. While we cannot wait to welcome a fresh new year in a month, we are also busy looking back at the year we left behind and the time we spent making memories. December resolutions: 5 things to do in the last month of the year However, December is also …

New year resolutions: Why your brain isn’t wired to stick to them
2 years, 2 months ago

New year resolutions: Why your brain isn’t wired to stick to them

The Hindu  

New year, new resolutions. Our brains are lazy and want to minimise cognitive load – meaning we repeat what we find pleasurable rather than consider many different and new options, which may be more or less pleasurable. But to actively alter our neural pathways away from such activation, we need to engage several areas of the brain – including the …

The best way to stick to your new year resolutions
2 years, 2 months ago

The best way to stick to your new year resolutions

Live Mint  

One of my all-time favourite quotes is by psychotherapist and author Julia Samuel: “Hope is a feeling, but it’s also a plan.” Very often, as the new year begins, we look at January with a new lens and hope and decide to both make plans, but also act on them. As human beings, I wonder if new beginnings, even in …

New Year’s resolutions typically lead to misery – here’s how to make them work
2 years, 3 months ago

New Year’s resolutions typically lead to misery – here’s how to make them work

The Independent  

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5 ways to make sure you don’t abandon your New Year’s resolutions
2 years, 3 months ago

5 ways to make sure you don’t abandon your New Year’s resolutions

Live Mint  

As the end of the year draws closer, you’re likely to be furiously making New Year’s Resolutions, all those good intentions to be a better person and do better in the coming year. Having limited goals will help you to keep your focus for the entire year, creating sustainable efforts rather than overwhelming you with all the changes in the …

Happy New Year 2023: Here's How to Make and Keep a New Year's Resolution
2 years, 3 months ago

Happy New Year 2023: Here's How to Make and Keep a New Year's Resolution

News 18  

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023: The resetting of the calendar might seem cliché but it’s difficult to resist attempting something new in the name of self-improvement or self-care. As we embark on a journey to a new self this January, there must be a conscious effort made in order to maintain longevity and consistency towards the New Year Resolutions we set …

How to keep your New Year’s resolutions
2 years, 3 months ago

How to keep your New Year’s resolutions

The Independent  

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New Year 2023 Resolutions: 5 New Year resolutions you should never make
2 years, 3 months ago

New Year 2023 Resolutions: 5 New Year resolutions you should never make

Hindustan Times  

As we enter the New Year, apart from making plans to get together with our friends and family, people also make resolutions to achieve in the upcoming year. While making resolutions or goals to achieve helps us look forward to the New Year, choosing unrealistic or toxic plans can harm your mental and physical space. So, here are 5 New …

New Year Resolutions for 2023: Staying Healthy, Taking up a hobby to Loving yourself
2 years, 3 months ago

New Year Resolutions for 2023: Staying Healthy, Taking up a hobby to Loving yourself

India TV News  

As we approach the end of the year, we may feel focused, driven, settled, ambitious or content. The next step would be to work towards new goals and resolutions. Whatever our mood, we are preoccupied with working out a list of new year's resolutions and how to keep them this time. It is important to be mindful, take responsibility, stay …

Here’s the cheat code to making new year’s resolutions that you can actually fulfil
2 years, 3 months ago

Here’s the cheat code to making new year’s resolutions that you can actually fulfil

Live Mint  

Ah, it’s that time of the year! When you wake up one day and find that just a few days of December are left, and that very soon it will be a whole new year! I have been as guilty as anyone of setting myself ambitious targets for the new year, and then feel guilty for not being able to …

Three tips to help you stay motivated to keep exercising all year long
3 years, 2 months ago

Three tips to help you stay motivated to keep exercising all year long

Firstpost  

When it comes to starting a new exercise regime in the new year, things like fitting workouts into our schedule or getting out of bed an hour earlier all require psychological effort Loughborough : The month of shattered dreams and ambitions. This is why the excessive effort we use when exercising will work against us in the long run leading …

Are New Year's resolutions powerful or pointless?
3 years, 3 months ago

Are New Year's resolutions powerful or pointless?

BBC  

Are New Year's resolutions powerful or pointless? The “purity principle” can’t fully explain our penchant for New Year’s resolutions. “You're turning the page, you have a clean slate, it's a new beginning.” Any time you have a moment that feels like a division of time, your mind does a special thing where it creates a sense that you have a …

Five Tips to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolution
4 years, 3 months ago

Five Tips to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolution

News 18  

All set for the coming year with your set of resolutions? To stick to your New Year’s resolution, we have five tips that can be very helpful. Take a look… Pick something that’s new for you For anything new you are likely to put in more effort and learn with ore interest, so pick something that you have never done …

New Year's resolution ideas that can give a kick-start
4 years, 3 months ago

New Year's resolution ideas that can give a kick-start

India Today  

New Year's resolution is the pledge or promise we make to ourselves. Though 2020 has been a tough year for most people worldwide, now that 2021 is around the corner, therefore, it is the time for a fresh beginning with a new year's resolution. New Year resolution ideas for 2021 1-hour workout Complete a fitness goal Meditation practice Yoga practice …

10 Books That Will Help You Create Better Habits
5 years, 2 months ago

10 Books That Will Help You Create Better Habits

Huff Post  

Westend61 via Getty Images Looking to improve your life in the new year? This could mean setting better boundaries with people, motivating yourself to reach a new fitness goal or starting that creative endeavor you’ve been thinking about. “Being intentional about your daily routine is your opportunity to proactively decide how to leverage your habits to help you become healthier …

How to Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick
55 years, 3 months ago

How to Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick

Slate  

There’s a lot of research about New Year’s resolutions and about how to create resolutions that work. The first big rule is that resolutions like “This year I’m going to get into shape” or “This year I’m going to save more money” are much, much less effective than coming up with a specific plan. I’m going to keep it “Boy” …

A New Year's Resolution Shouldn't Be Used As A New Start On Your Health
5 years, 3 months ago

A New Year's Resolution Shouldn't Be Used As A New Start On Your Health

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING You spend the final weeks of December indulging in all that the holidays have to offer ― an extra glass of eggnog, delicious frosted cookies and lazy days curled up in front of the TV. All of the changes at once hard to maintain; people quit after a few months and then don’t change anything until the …

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Have faith! Your 2019 resolution WILL work... if you chuck these out
6 years, 2 months ago

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Have faith! Your 2019 resolution WILL work... if you chuck these out

Daily Mail  

Maybe you’ve decided to learn French or get a new job. These include: ‘Don’t bother with a New Year resolution because you will give up within a couple of weeks.’ Get rid of calorific items such as doughnuts and replace them with healthy food Here's proof that resolutions do stick There is a widespread belief that resolutions are a waste …

Tough to keep up with New Year resolutions? Here're tips
6 years, 3 months ago

Tough to keep up with New Year resolutions? Here're tips

India TV News  

Making resolutions and scheduling actions for New Year is something that we have been doing since our childhood. Here are some ways to keep up with your New Year resolutions. Write down your goals and stick them at some corner you visit often like your bedroom walls or office cubicle. * Ensure the goals are specific and measurable for example, …

How to keep up with your New Year resolutions? Here are 5 simple tricks!
6 years, 3 months ago

How to keep up with your New Year resolutions? Here are 5 simple tricks!

India TV News  

Making resolutions and scheduling actions for New Year are something that everyone aspires for. Here are a few ways to keep up with your New Year resolutions. Write down your goals and stick them at some corner you visit often like your bedroom walls or office cubicle. Ensure the goals are specific and measurable for example, 'I want to lose …

These Are The Best Resolutions You Can Make, According To Therapists
6 years, 3 months ago

These Are The Best Resolutions You Can Make, According To Therapists

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING When it comes to New Year’s resolutions, people are either staunch defenders of the practice or vocal critics. “Saying ‘no’ is an important way that we can protect our boundaries as well as self-care,” said Rachel Tomlinson, a registered psychologist in Perth, Australia. “Studies show that not only are we more irritable and anxious and depressed when …

Quitters' Day: People most likely to give up New Year’s resolutions today
7 years, 2 months ago

Quitters' Day: People most likely to give up New Year’s resolutions today

The Independent  

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Want to stay fit this year? Here’s how you can set your fitness goals in 2018
7 years, 2 months ago

Want to stay fit this year? Here’s how you can set your fitness goals in 2018

India TV News  

Everybody wants a fit body and for this, we end up making too many resolutions at the beginning of the year. Attainable While adding a number, one should keep in mind that getting and staying fit requires a lot of efforts, so it's good to take baby steps at the starting. The key to achieving any long-term goal is to …

Not all New Year's Resolutions are destined for failure, claims expert
7 years, 3 months ago

Not all New Year's Resolutions are destined for failure, claims expert

The Independent  

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5 Healthy New Year’s Resolutions That Are Easy To Keep
8 years, 2 months ago

5 Healthy New Year’s Resolutions That Are Easy To Keep

Huff Post  

For SELF, by Nina Bahadur. Getty Images Setting a New Year’s resolution is the easy part — it’s sticking to one that is actually hard. "If you pay attention to your food you are psychologically more satisfied by it," Dr. David Cox, chief medical officer at mindful meditation app Headspace, previously told SELF. “People focus on getting enough sleep and …

How to keep your fitness resolutions in 2017 and beyond
8 years, 2 months ago

How to keep your fitness resolutions in 2017 and beyond

CBC  

Ah, the gym in January: overrun with newbies and gym rats, you'll be lucky if you snag a half-broken cross-trainer. Find a gym buddy, or pay for one Two women happy after finishing exercises and lifting their hands A workout partner can be a great way to hold yourself accountable to your fitness goals, said Stuart Phillips, a professor in …

New Year's Resolutions Are Bound To Fail. Try This Instead.
8 years, 3 months ago

New Year's Resolutions Are Bound To Fail. Try This Instead.

Huff Post  

Chris Ryan/Getty Images When it comes to setting New Year’s resolutions, most people shoot for the moon. So instead of making hard-line resolutions this year, Anding suggests increasing your chances for long-term success by approaching your health goals as a “reset.” “January 1 signifies a new beginning. However, each day allows for a new beginning, and hence it is a …

A Non-Resolution Resolution — Beginning The New Year With Purpose
8 years, 3 months ago

A Non-Resolution Resolution — Beginning The New Year With Purpose

Huff Post  

This year, I won’t be making any New Year’s resolutions. Let’s face it, New Year’s resolutions are usually about the easy stuff, small changes, breaking bad habits or improving daily routines. Or, it’s about the bigger things to change from the year or years before – it is looking backwards at how to change past actions and reactions. Times of …

New Year 2016 resolutions: How to keep them
9 years, 3 months ago

New Year 2016 resolutions: How to keep them

The Independent  

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Everything You Need To Know About Making New Year's Resolutions
9 years, 3 months ago

Everything You Need To Know About Making New Year's Resolutions

Huff Post  

It's easy to get caught up in sweeping resolutions, like vowing to go jogging every morning, but creating more moderate and realistic plans is a better way to make actual progress. Martin Barraud via Getty Images Statistically speaking, new year's resolutions are a losing game. A recent study published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology examined the "question behavior effect" …

Why 'new year resolutions' are often epic fails!
10 years, 3 months ago

Why 'new year resolutions' are often epic fails!

India TV News  

All our lives we strive to make quick changes, but that needs immense willpower and determination & that's where we fail Unlearning something is more difficult than learning something new, and dragging oneself out of our own created shell is the toughest thing in the world. We often wait for the next year to come, in order to make strong …

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