Making a New Year’s resolution is no longer a priority for people like it used to be.
In fact, the tradition of making some great change in life as of Jan. 1 has become rather passe, something like Boxing Day or Black Friday sales.
In other words, there’s no need for these things to happen on certain dates any longer. Most people recognize they should seek to make necessary changes at any time of the year and retailers are also more conscious about putting on sales throughout the year to attract attention, rather than having consumers wait until a specific date.
There are several factors that have brought about this change.
The most obvious is people seldom keep their resolutions longer than a few weeks or months. If the resolution is related to diet, as many of them are, there’s a growing awareness you have to make a complete lifestyle change.
There’s no use in losing a lot of weight or eating healthier for a short period of time and then throwing it all out the window by going back to normal.
With that in mind, people have opted to alter their lifestyles at any time of the year and make those changes stick with only occasional deviations. Otherwise, you wind up right back at square one.
The same applies for other resolutions. Those decisions can be made any time and the main thing is to remain consistent or it doesn’t make any difference.
If it’s a financial goal of some sort, there’s no need in tightening the purse strings for a short period of time and then, thinking you’ve accomplished something, go on a wild spending spree after the self-imposed time limit ends.
The bottom line is the temptations usually far outstrip the willpower to succeed at any resolution so that’s why it’s important to develop the mindset and the strength to endure the test of time.
That can be very difficult to do and certainly requires a constant effort throughout the calendar year to make it happen.
With the stresses of everyday life growing, it’s a battle that will take a lot of determination to win in the long run.