Why do New Year resolutions have a very short lifespan?

I think this years is actually the first year that my wife and I never even thought about new years resolutions. We have learned over the years that new years is not the time to make commitments. A commitment, like any thing else that has to continue requires it to become a habit before it really becomes easier to do and that takes about 3 weeks. If you are able to commit to that long you have it made. We know it's tough to last that long but we don't even bother now. If there is any thing we need to do we just do it when it comes to mind, not when the new year comes. Ha, funny, just as I was finishing this post the guy on the radio asked for people to call in if they have already broke their resolution. :)

Not only new year resolution ,but if u mark it on your self there will be plenty of resolutions made everyday & they fade away that quickly as they are made. We need strong determination to work out our resolutions & promises but most of the instances we fail to put in the dedication. As we take the new year resolution, we take it as specially as we celebrated the new year. But as the year grows old,so do our desire to stick to the resolution & ultimately the vanish someday.