Why You're Probably Going to Give Up on Your New Year’s Resolutions
As another year turns over, enthusiasm for grand New Year’s resolutions is fading—especially in midlife. Fewer people bother making them at all, and most of those who do quietly abandon them before February. The reasons are obvious: vague promises, zero accountability, and goals that collapse under real life.
What’s replacing the old resolution mindset is something more pragmatic. With economic anxiety front of mind, saving money has overtaken fitness and self-improvement as a top priority, reflecting a broader shift toward stability over reinvention. It feels more viable to make smaller…
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