New Year's: a time when essentially everyone makes a goal for themselves by next year, but how many actually follow these “resolutions”? In this article, Joshua Miranda will dive deep into that topic, following the sources of The Ohio State University College of Business, YouGov (an international research company), Chamber of Commerce (a research and review website) , UC Davis Health (a medical research institute), and their research into this oddity.

The University of Ohio Fisher College of Business found that around 9% of the US population actually finishes their resolution. 23% quit within the first week, and 43% by the end of January. Of course, never feel bad if you cannot complete yours. It happens fairly often. Also, according to Chamber of Commerce marketing website, around 80% of people fail across the board. Some of the most common resolutions are: eating healthier, exercising more, losing weight, getting finances in order, stopping smoking, and reading more books. So do we continue to follow suit with this never-ending cycle? How about we first look at why most are doomed to fail? Once again, according to the University of Ohio, this would happen because of goals not being set at the time or being in need of change, facing unexpected challenges and obstacles, not being set into smaller chunks, or the goal holder not being self-accountable. Granted, there are several other factors that could destroy your year-end goal.

So, once again, are we to keep with this ceremony? Do you know how to keep up with it? Can you? Will you? As always, luck is wished upon any who dare try. With the information provided in this article, hopefully you can follow suit and actually finish your resolution, 

Sources:

• UC Davis

• University of Ohio

• Chamber of Commerce