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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		A Rumination on New Year's Resolutions
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:08
	Publish Date:		2018-12-31 05:00:00
	Description:		With the arrival of New Years Day comes new resolutions. Have you made yours? The Masked Biologist has, and it is the subject of this week’s Wildlife Matters . We kick off 2019 the same way we kick off most new years—with resolutions. I think it is human nature to overreach on trying to improve ourselves, especially when we take our families into consideration. Each year, some of the most common resolutions include getting exercise, quitting smoking, losing weight, and something financial (cutting spending, better at paying bills, and the like.) Statistics show that 25% of resolutions fail within a week, and almost half are broken within six months. Why is that? Do we overestimate our own abilities? Are we unwilling to make sacrifices and live without? There are probably multiple reasons why resolutions fail. For example, habits are extremely difficult to break—especially bad habits. Growing up, I was always told it took thirty consecutive days to break a habit. I don’t know where Mom
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