New Year's Resolutions

Does this come as a surprise to anyone?

Every year, we put together a list of ways in which we intend to improve ourselves over the next year. That's fine, but, by making it a formal resolution, we are setting ourselves up for failure.

"This year, I resolve to ... "

Guess what? Most of us break these resolutions. By the numbers (if you poke around a bit), you'll find that 75% of us manage a whole week on our resolutions. As the year goes on, that number drops and drops and drops. And a fair number of us feel bad for breaking resolutions.

"I fail at improving myself."

That's right: We are working on ways to make ourselves feel bad.

Depression is - depending on who you talk to - epidemic, and things like New Year's Resolutions don't serve to help that at all.