Out with the old, in with the new. 2023 is almost over, and many are creating New Year’s resolutions for the next year.

According to numerous studies, 37% of the U.S, population creates annual new year’s goals. Forbes predicts that the top resolution for the 2023 year is refinement in mental health, quickly followed by improving fitness. And while creating resolutions has long been a tradition to welcome the new year, many don’t go through with their high striving goals.

But if so many individuals don’t see their goals into fruition, then why do we still strive to create them? After some extensive research, it’s been discovered that the true reason behind the pen and paper is not so much to see change, but rather motivated by the season.”

“The New Year severed as a cyclical marker of time during which we reevaluate and take inventory on our lives,” Reports Phycologist Sabrina Romanoff in an article by WebMD. “The drive for making resolutions is motivated by punctuation in time”, she reports.

Resolutions may serve as a way to measure growth and progress throughout the year, but ultimately, there a way for many individuals alike to celebrate the holiday season.