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Breaking Up with Burnout: How to Stick to New Year’s Resolutions
The idea behind New Year’s resolutions is so appealing: It’s the perfect time to make big life changes! What better time to change our bad habits to healthier ones than at the beginning of the year, right?
But, making lofty resolutions that end up with a shorter shelf life than leftover Christmas cookies is a cliché for a reason: we tend to burnout before February rolls around.
Why do we drop our New Year’s resolutions so fast? Our bodies and brains hate change….
Why is change so hard?
Change is one of the only constants in the universe. But if that’s so, why does it seem to be so challenging when we desire it so much? Take your New Year’s Resolutions as a prime example. Maybe you set a goal to lose weight, or to meditate more, or to spend/save money. How long did that last? A few of us make a goal and stick to it when we set out to do the thing. But the majority of us? We are good for a bit and then we resort to old patterns and find ourselves in the same routines. This can be frustrating and downright defeating. Have you ever thought to ask “why” change is so hard? The answer…