Only 20% of people achieve their New Year’s resolutions, with weight loss being the most common goal. Self-improvement and education are the highest resolution categories. Accountability and setting smaller goals can increase success. New Year’s traditions include the ball drop in NYC and January named after the god Janus.
According to 8 statistics from the Journal of Clinical Psychology, only 2014 percent of people actually achieve their New Year’s resolutions. About 45% of Americans make any resolution. The most common New Year’s resolution is to lose weight, followed by being more organized, being careful with money, enjoying life, and giving up smoking. Resolutions about self-improvement and education are the highest at 47%, while resolutions related to relationships are the lowest at 31%. Being able to work towards a resolution can be the hardest since only 75% of those who made a resolution stuck to it during their first week. Percentage cuts overtime: 71% kept resolution for two weeks and 46% kept resolution for 6 months. For those looking to make New Year’s resolutions, people are advised to announce their goals, have an accountability system in place, or set future dates when smaller goals will be met that will contribute to the resolution’s success.
More about New Year’s Eve:
The traditional throwing of the ball during the New Year’s celebration in New York took place for the first time on December 31, 1907.
January is named after the Roman god, Janus, who is the god of beginnings and transitions. Janus has two faces: one that looks forward and one that looks back.
Other dates have been used throughout history such as New Years like March 1 by the Romans and the winter solstice by other cultures.
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