"New year's resolutions reveal a painful truth about change, namely: everybody seems to love change, until they have to do it. Indeed, even when people say they want to change, what they actually want is to have changed-in other words, to enjoy the benefits of having changed or having achieved the desired transformation, but without the painful and effortful work of undergoing the process to achieve it."
"According to a recent 2025 YouGov survey, 31% of U.S. adults can be expected to set at least one resolution for the new year-with the highest participation among younger adults (under 30), of whom 58% say they will make a resolution. Saving money emerges as the single most common New Year's resolution among Americans (26%), followed closely by goals related to health and well-being:"
New Year's resolutions remain common, with a 2025 YouGov survey finding 31% of U.S. adults set at least one resolution and 58% of adults under 30 planning resolutions. Saving money is the most frequent aim (26%), followed by physical health improvement (22%), more exercise (22%), increased happiness (22%), and healthier eating (20%). Many people desire the benefits of change without undertaking the effortful process required to achieve it. Habits are deeply ingrained, making behavioral change difficult because once routines solidify they resist modification. Samuel Johnson captured this dynamic: 'the chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.'
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