Analysis of data, collected by a health application, shows that the first week of January is often fatal to good resolutions.
The twelve strokes of midnight sounded on New Year’s Eve, and many have already made their good resolutions for the year 2017. According to a YouGov poll, the French would be 40% each year. formulate … And much less to respect them.
The American application HealthifyMe, specializing in well-being and daily health, offers formulas for returning to sport, yoga coaching or support in diets. And according to the company’s data for 2016, which it has just made public, 82% of the good resolutions taken on January 1 did not even hold until the 8!
Megalomania
Goals too ambitious, or half agreed, the grip of alcohol on New Year’s Eve? The main reason for this failure would rather be a drop in motivation linked to the fall in excitement felt near, and just after the holidays, explains HelthifyMe in its press release.
The first week of January, for example, is the time of the year with the most registrations in gyms. But for good daily resolutions to hold in the long term, it would be necessary to hold at least three weeks, advise the coaches. It is necessary to add one if one tries to quit smoking, the time to get rid of the addiction.
Fewer resolutions
The number is also important. Taking only one resolution each year, or even two, is reasonable. No need to go on a draconian diet with the goal of losing 10 kg in a week. Overly ambitious resolutions are doomed to failure. We must also stop putting pressure on ourselves. For the philosopher and meditation teacher Fabrice Midal, this is the essential point for successful change. “We should not take all advice for injunctions,” he explains in The Supplement. Because by putting pressure on yourself, it becomes a form of torture. The idea is therefore to make small changes, on a daily basis, and to “make the hell out of it”, as Fabrice Midal invites.
Find all the advice of our experts for the new year in Supplement n ° 7: 2017, getting off to a good start.
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