New Year’s resolutions? Don’t bother — experts say you’ll forget them anyway, and Post readers offer better advice
NY Post
New year — same old you?
From unrealistic weight-loss goals to quests for the ideal soulmate, New Yorkers are charging into 2026 with all kinds of resolutions and big plans, promising ourselves that this will be our year.
Bad news: it probably won’t be.
Most of us will give up efforts to change within weeks, and what’s worse, deep down, we already know that; a study from last year revealed that a shocking 79% of Gothamites gunning for a glow-up didn’t think they’d see their plans through.
Stop torturing yourselves, says Dr. Rachel Goldman, a Big Apple psychologist and author of “When Life Happens,” who told The Post that the beginning of a new year is a time for reflection, not a doomed-from-the-start hard reset.
“I’m ‘anti’ New Year’s resolutions,” said Goldman. “I think it’s more realistic and helpful to set goals that people can actually accomplish. In order to do that, we need to take some time to really reflect about where we are right now.”
