How to get back on track with your New Year’s resolutions

If you’ve fallen behind on your New Year’s resolutions, here are tips from experts about how to get back on track.

Six weeks into 2024, many of us are already feeling behind on the New Year’s resolutions we set.

According to a survey of more than 5,000 U.S. adults conducted by the Pew Research Center last month, 41% of those who made resolutions had already called it quits on some or all of those goals.

“Just because you fell off the trail of your resolution pursuit doesn’t mean you can’t get back on,” said Deborah Carr, a sociology professor at Boston University. “If you failed in January, it doesn’t mean you’re a failure.”

NBC News asked seven experts — registered dietitians and professors of psychology, sociology or behavioral science — for their suggestions about how to get back on track. Their advice: Refine your goals to be specific and achievable, make your resolutions fun by incorporating things you already enjoy, link up with an accountability buddy or perhaps forgo New Year’s resolutions altogether. 

Here are some research-backed strategies to try for the rest of the year.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/get-back-track-new-years-resolutions-rcna136787

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