New Year's Resolutions

I've been thinking. New Year's Resolutions - are they all they are made out to be? I just googled "New Year's Resolutions" and had 12,500,000 hits. Then I googled "New Year's Resolutions that fail" and had 78,600,000 hits. Wow!

It seems that making New Year's Resolutions is important to a lot of people, and that they more than not, often fail. Why is that? Are we not going deep enough? Are we setting goals that we have no hope of achieving? Are we setting goals without taking the time to really go deep into our souls, or psyche if you will, to discover what it is we really want or need? Are we afraid to achieve? Do we have the time? What is it exactly that keeps us from achieving our goals?

There are lots of people in the professional field and on a personal level that will tell you why New Year's resolutions don't work. One of my favorite's is my Steve Errey, his January 1 blog entry at http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/new-years-resolutions-dont-work-heres-why.html. He gives four reasons why they don't work and also hints at a solution -

Instead, make confident choices based on what really matters to you, and jump in with both feet.