'Quitter's Day': A Time for Reflection on New Year's Resolutions

As many abandon their goals, experts offer differing views on the value of setting resolutions and the potential benefits of a more flexible approach.

Today is recognized as 'Quitter's Day,' the second Friday in January when over 80% of people reportedly abandon their New Year's resolutions.
Peloton’s Robin Arzón offers tips for sticking to resolutions, including making smaller, achievable goals, understanding your intentions, habit stacking, eliminating points of friction, and finding a community of like-minded people.
An alternative perspective suggests that the pursuit of specific goals can lead to unfulfilled expectations, mental health issues, and missed opportunities.
Instead of setting rigid goals, it's suggested to be guided by values, which allow for growth and change, and focus on process, experience, and inherent growth.
Harvard’s 2009 'Goals Gone Wild' study found that the beneficial effects of goal setting have been overstated and that systematic harm caused by goal setting has been largely ignored.