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Marina Gomberg: Here’s why New Year’s resolutions don’t work… and why I made one anyway

Join me for a moment of realism (which is my way of softening this less than awesome news): you’re probably not going to achieve your New Year’s resolution.

You’re certainly not alone. I’m not likely to see my aspirations come to fruition either; nor are roughly 80% of our fellow goal setters, according to U.S. News & World Report.

There are several reasons why come February, the vast majority of us aren’t thinner, more fit, sleeping better, saving more/spending less, or living life to the fullest — which are apparently among the most common resolutions.