A Resolutions Reframe
Why are new year's resolutions so hard to achieve? Plus, mindful eating, my fave show of the past year and 2025 ins and outs.
“An inch of progress is better than a mile of intention,” my therapist reminds me on the last day of the year this week.
A year ago, I set one intention for 2024: Be intentional. I guess I achieved it because my problem heading into 2025 is that I have too many intentions, with all this inertia behind them, but am not able to turn them into action on a daily basis. My daily behaviors are not aligning with my goals, and that gap is causing a lot of internal turmoil, shame and frustration.
Last week, after publishing this essay in defence of new year’s resolutions, my algorithm started leaning towards related content. It would appear, at least in my own social media bubble, I’m not the only one with lofty aspirations for 2025. Many of the videos I’ve seen have been comedic satires about how we’re overly optimistic—evening bridging on delusional—about our potential to change for the first two weeks of the new year. By February, the trope goes, we’re back to our old ways.
