Why New Year's Resolutions Fail by February

Resolutions fail because they're wishes without a schedule. A goal that never gets assigned a day and a time competes with everything else in your calendar — and loses.

• Most resolutions name an outcome but never a next action
• Picking ten goals splits attention across none of them
• A goal without a "why" collapses at the first bad day
• Motivation fades in weeks; a schedule doesn't need motivation
• Reviewing progress monthly catches drift before it becomes failure