Relax... It's Okay to Drop that New Year's Resolution

It’s now officially 2018 and for many of us that means new years resolutions.

Whether it’s exercising more, smoking less or any other bit of self-improvement you have planned for this year- Let’s face it.

Most of us are probably going to give up by the time February rolls around.

But don’t let breaking your resolution get you down.

If nothing else, take solace in knowing that, at some point, we’ve all broken a resolution or two… But failing to reinvent oneself can be discouraging or at the very least, make you feel guilty.

So why might ditching that resolution be a good thing?

According to a Time report on a paper by the Harvard Business School, when it comes to goals- “people narrow their focus.

This intense focus can blind people to important issues that appear unrelated to their goal." So focusing on one shortcoming too closely might actually blind you to other problems.

And just because you flounder once or twice and break your resolution, that doesn’t mean you have to drop it altogether.

Remember, reinventing yourself is a process that will have far more failures than successes.

At least that’s what you can tell yourself… after you finish that 2nd cupcake.