Northeast Ohio experts discuss New Year's resolutions, and why they are hard to keep
2026 is underway, and with the new year comes a familiar tradition: making resolutions.
Common goals are to read more, eat healthier, start exercising or save more money. But for some, the idea of resolutions has lost its appeal altogether, abandoned amid concerns that goal setting can slip into self-criticism and harm one's mental health.
So why are resolutions so hard to keep? Should we be setting goals differently, or adjusting them throughout the year? Is making a plan and sticking to it simply harder than we expect?
On Wednesday's "Sound of Ideas," we'll explore those questions with a…
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