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Why your new year’s resolution fails
Because there’s no such thing as new year, new me
Remember that annual gym membership that was never used for 11 months?
How about that online courses or books that you bought but never even bothered to open?
Let’s talk about that diet plan that you followed for few weeks, then ended up forgetting about it.
Can you still remember how many times you promised yourself that you’ll start saving and investing money for your future?
If you’re one of the few species who can achieve your new year’s resolution every year without going back to previous year’s bad habits, then this article is not for you. How I wish we all have the same amount of self-discipline as yours. Because here’s the thing about self-discipline, it’s finite. The longer you use it, the harder it is to control yourself.
Self-discipline is not infinite
Goals in life whether it’s becoming rich, having a sexy body, or getting that Nobel Prize requires self-discipline or also known as self-control. But many of us never realize that self-discipline also runs out the same way we use energy in our body.
Try to imagine this. After being guilty from Christmas and New Year binge, where you eat and drink like there’s no tomorrow, you sign up for gym membership, force yourself to workout 7 times a week while depriving oneself from eating something delicious. February comes and you feel exhausted and demotivated. So you told yourself that you deserve a cheat day where you’re going to eat like there’s no tomorrow again. The following day, you still feel demotivated to workout and eat healthy, because your mind unconsciously think that you have been deprived from all that delicious food. So just like yesterday, you give in to gluttony again, but after that, you forced yourself to workout the next day because of guilt. A day or two have passed and you feel exhausted and demotivated again to workout, so you can’t help but to eat that chocolate to make you feel better. After consuming that box of chocolate in less than 15…
