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February Resolutions: Making Commitments near the Holiday Dedicated to Committments

February 9, 2011 By Scott "Q" Marcus

Resolutions expiredSix weeks into the year: So, how are those New Year’s resolutions workin’ for ya?

If they’re now broken shards lying along the highway shoulder several miles in the rear view mirror, fret not, you stand not alone. According to surveys, as many as 80 percent of people give up their vast and glorious seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time plans by the tail end of January; more alarming is as many as 90 percent are never brought to fruition. What might the foremost reasons for not accomplishing them be? About 40 percent of respondents say they didn’t have enough time (read that “not a high enough priority”) and about one-third say they weren’t even committed to doing them in first place. Basically, they set them to get someone off their back. Yep, nothing says “motivation to change” like a heaping, steaming pile of guilt.

Personally, I think the “New Year’s Resolution” is a manufactured event; akin to holidays we didn’t know existed until we went into the greeting card shop. We respond to public pressure, and since “everyone’s doing it,” we don’t want to pay the social price for not going along; hence we make promises we never intend to keep.

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Filed Under: Change, Current Events, Excuses, Failure, Holidays, Procrastination, resolutions, Traditions, TTIMI Holiday Tagged With: good idea at the time, greeting card shop, hangover, january 1, looking in the mirror, motivation, rear view mirror, resolutions, six weeks, staring you in the face

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