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Why Are New Years Resolutions So Hard To Keep?

Keith Lockitch

Presented at: Philosophy for Living on Earth

Date: Jan 08, 2020

Every year droves of people make New Year’s resolutions, but polls suggest that four out of five people fail to keep them. One report even found that most resolutions last less than two weeks. So why are New Year’s resolutions so hard to keep? Are they just a joke and a waste of time? Are people just deluding themselves into thinking that real change is possible? Resolving to make changes that will positively impact your life is not a joke nor an exercise in self-delusion. In fact, to be truly selfishly committed to your own rational well-being and happiness is a demanding moral challenge. But the widespread failure to keep New Year’s resolutions does highlight just how difficult it is to define and maintain goals. 
 
Join Keith Lockitch as he answers the question: Why are New Year’s resolutions hard to keep?

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