The Overthinker's Guide to Joy with Jackie de Crinis | Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work and What Does

Ep #87: Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work and What Does

January 3, 2024

The New Year is an exciting time when all of us feel like we get to wipe the slate clean and start anew. Something that often goes hand-in-hand with the promise of a new year is the practice of setting resolutions, but I’m offering you a better way to start 2024 on this episode.

Maybe it’s just a case of semantics, but rather than New Year’s resolutions, I much prefer the idea of setting an intention. If you find yourself choosing the same resolution year after year, or find that the burden of resolutions is just another way to fuel your overthinking, perfectionistic, and people-pleasing brain, listen in this week.

Join me on this episode to learn why I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions, and why I recommend setting an intention rather than a resolution this year. I’m showing you why overthinkers especially benefit from this slight shift, how setting intentions will help you practice more love and compassion for yourself, and some ideas for intentions you could set this year.

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What You Will Discover:

  • Why I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions.
  • The negative connotations that come with setting New Year’s resolutions.
  • What I recommend doing in the New Year, rather than setting a resolution.
  • Why it feels impossible to start again on your goals when you fall off the wagon.
  • How to remind yourself of your intentions for the New Year.


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