Your Brain is Wired to Break New Year’s Resolutions
Trying to stick to New Year resolutions without changing the way your brain is wired is like trying to push a shopping cart with a wonky wheel — you know, the one that keeps veering off to one side when you’re trying to push it in a straight line? As long as that wheel is wonky, you’ll need to fight with the cart to keep it going in the direction you want it to go.
But, once you change that wheel — put a new wheel in its place — then the cart will automatically go in any direction you choose to push it! It’s the same with the unconscious part of your brain. Change the “wonky” programming, and your brain and body will automatically respond to your new decisions and choices, without your needing to push!
Are you still making resolutions at the beginning of each year? Or have you given up the practice because you find yourself feeling worse when you break them… again?
From stopping smoking, eating more healthily, and starting a new exercise routine to taking more action towards your goals and responding differently when your buttons are pressed, of the resolutions you’ve made over the years, can you remember how many you’ve been able to keep? How long did they last?
There’s a key piece of information that can help you to not only understand why you keep breaking your resolutions…
