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Make Self-Compassion One of Your New Year’s Resolutions [greatergood.berkeley.edu]

 

The statistics are bleak: On average, only nine percent of us ultimately accomplish our goals for the new year.

What can you do to become one of those people?

Maintaining our motivation over the span of an entire year requires preserving a belief in our ability to succeed and sustaining positive emotional experiences. Unfortunately, high standards can make us feel bad when we don’t meet them. Depending on our mindset, minor setbacks may make us abandon our goals altogether. For example, dieters are more likely to overeat after sneaking some ice cream than those who never had the goal of dieting in the first place. The same effect has been found on those who feel they have consumed too much alcohol.

[For more on this story by PHOEBE LONG, go to https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/make_self_compassion_one_of_your_new_years_resolutions ]

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