Lose weight, read more, or save more money. If you're like the millions of Americans who decide to set a New Year's resolution, you probably also know that most resolutions don't last all too long. 73% of Americans can't achieve their goals. So why do we set resolutions for ourselves year after year and is there a better way to set resolutions?
It turns out that we love temporal landmarks. Landmarks like birthdays and the beginning of a new calendar month are milestones. Often, we hope that these milestones can also be turning points. According to psychologists at the University of Pennsylvania, temporal landmarks are imaginary lines that demarcate old inferior selves from new superior selves.
We often fail at keeping our resolutions because our new selves aren't actually much better than our new selves. It's about knowing who we want to be versus who we know we are. But there's still hope! A great way to meet goals is to simply set more temporal landmarks. Stay on track by setting more reasonable goals and make sure you don't drift off course by checking in with yourself at the start of every month.
Like they say, "Once a chump, now a champ." Good luck with your New Year's resolutions my psychedin readers!
It turns out that we love temporal landmarks. Landmarks like birthdays and the beginning of a new calendar month are milestones. Often, we hope that these milestones can also be turning points. According to psychologists at the University of Pennsylvania, temporal landmarks are imaginary lines that demarcate old inferior selves from new superior selves.
We often fail at keeping our resolutions because our new selves aren't actually much better than our new selves. It's about knowing who we want to be versus who we know we are. But there's still hope! A great way to meet goals is to simply set more temporal landmarks. Stay on track by setting more reasonable goals and make sure you don't drift off course by checking in with yourself at the start of every month.
Like they say, "Once a chump, now a champ." Good luck with your New Year's resolutions my psychedin readers!