Screw New Years Resolutions: A BETTER way to make change in 2009
Filed Under (Accountability Lists, Four Hour Workweek, Language Learning, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development) by projecthitchhiker on 21-01-2009
Tagged Under : FHWW, Four Hour Workweek, Habit Challenge, Leo Babauta, New Years Resolutions, Power Of Less, Tim Ferriss, Zen Habits
“I’m going to quit smoking, lose 20 pounds, give up drinking hard liquor and run at least an hour every day.” How many people out there have ever actually succeeded with New Years Resolutions? Why does it always fail? My theory is that it’s too much all at once. It becomes more painful to continue with the extreme lifestyle makeover than the short-term pleasure you would get reverting to your old habits.
