It can be fun to make New Year’s resolutions, but hard for most of us to keep them. Gyms, for example, get crowded in early January, but come February the determination of many begins to peter out.

Making a resolution to be open for growth, happiness, and success in ways yet unimagined can be a new kind of New Year’s Resolution, based on Happenstance Theory. Give it a try. You may be ...

Greetings, Star Seeds; we're three weeks into the New Year, and many among us are struggling to get our proverbial d---s up for making and maintaining resolutions. If you're falling flat or going ...

According to a large-scale 2020 study in PLoS One, just 43% of 200 participants had stuck to their resolutions three months into the new year Oscarsson M, Carlbring P, Andersson G, Rozental A.

In fact, 80% of New Year’s resolutions are abandoned by February, according to Drive Research. Change is hard, especially when it’s overwhelming, says Sandra Kushnir from Meridian Counseling.

This year’s list included seeing live performances (PJ Harvey in Philadelphia, the Paul Taylor Dance Company in upstate New York), traveling, walking in the park with friends and running a 10K.

New Year’s Eve revelers huddle together to watch as fireworks light up the sky along the Riverwalk at Michigan Avenue with the arrival of Jan 1, 2024. (Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune) By Michael ...