Late December 2025, I opened my new 2026 planner. I was about to make my usual new year’s resolutions. I looked back at 2024 and 2025 and staring me in the face were the same resolutions I usually make – short-lived, abandoned and completely neglected. Can’t lie. I felt like a failure: undisciplined and weak-willed. I’m not alone. The average person maintains resolutions for 2-4 months with only six percent of people lasting the whole year. One reason is new year’s resolutio