Every January, a slew of new goal-setting posts are predictably released across the internet. I say “predictably” because the start of a New Year is a symbolically powerful reminder that you should seek to better yourself.
There’s just one issue: it’s completely arbitrary.
I am willing to bet that goals set on January 1st are statistically more likely to fail than goals set on any other day of the year. That is because those goals are fueled by temporary enthusiasm – not a deep-seated desire.
I recently stumbled across an image shared by a friend on Facebook that perfectly encapsulated this:
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