Making a New Year Resolution.

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 Making a New Year Resolution:

P.K.Ghatak, MD

No.51.

All Internet searches invariably use AI (artificial intelligence). The process is fast, and one can get an instant answer but whether the information so obtained, is biased or tainted that remains hidden. Not having a person standing behind providing information should be considered as subject to modification. With this preset condition, why people make New Year resolution searches yields interesting results.

Making promises to their gods during a 12- day new year celebration started in Babylon 4,000 years ago. Romans adopted this practice. It has evolved into a self-motivated promise for a new start of self-improvement on this 1st day of a cyclical maker of time.

People in less advanced countries make a lot less New Year resolutions. English speaking and non-Catholics population are the highest percentage make resolutions. People living in New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and the USA are top of the list of all the countries making new year resolutions. A staggering 92 % of people are unable to fulfill their goal set on the new year day.

Psychologists consider setting an unrealistic goal is the prime reason for failure. The health-related goals like, eating a healthy diet, doing more exercise and losing weight are more likely to fail.

New year resolution should be considered as a personal choice, but women feel pressured to make a resolution. The younger population make more financial improvement goals, next in line of promises made on the new year are improving personal relationships and working hard. Drinking less, traveling more and studying a new language or subject are the least priority.

About a quarter of people abandon their promise on the 2nd Friday of January; this led some to designate 2nd Friday of January as the “Quitter's Day.
Worldwide only 10 % keep their new year promises; highest among the nations that keep their promises is the Norwegians, nearly 25 %.


It is natural to think that January snow and cold would influence people's choice of resolution made in January. But a study comparing the nature of resolutions made by people of the Northern and Southern hemispheres did not find any distinct difference. The nature of resolution taken depends on education, religion and country of residency rather than weather. As an example, 70 % Australians make new year resolutions, whereas Canadians only 50 %.


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