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Pragya Agarwal, Visiting Professor of Social Inequities and Injustice, Loughborough University

New year resolutions: why your brain isn't wired to stick to them – and what to do instead

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New year, new resolutions. It is that time once again. A recent survey shows that almost 58% of the UK population intended to make a new year’s resolution in 2023, which is approximately 30 million adults. More than a quarter of these resolutions will be about making more money, personal improvement and losing weight.

But will we succeed? Sadly, a survey of over 800 million activities by the app Strava, which tracks people’s physical exercise, predicts most of these resolutions will be abandoned by January 19.

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