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The start of [every / all] New Year is when we all make plans to change our life for the better over the [oncoming / forthcoming] twelve months. Psychiatry professor Jayashri Kulkarni says: "January 1 is a 'magical' date and a [vow / view] made on this day is much more [powerfully / powerful] than one made on August 26, for example." So, we all make a list of things to [quit / quieten] , start or change. Unfortunately, most of these [promises / promised] are, more often than [never / not] , broken by January 31st. They are usually the [identical / identically] resolutions that were not fulfilled from the previous year, and the years [prior / prayer] to that. The website usa.gov says people, "tend to make the same resolutions year after year, even though they have a hard time [stuck / sticking] to them".

Research shows 45 per cent of [us / we] make a New Year’s resolution. The most common vows include [lost / losing] weight, volunteering to help [another / others] , quitting smoking, saving money, and getting [fit / fitness] . Others include eating healthier food, drinking less alcohol, and [going / gone] on a trip. However, research also shows that most of us are not so good at [striking / sticking] to these. A study from the University of Scranton reveals that 71 per cent of us stick to our [annul / annual] promises for the first two weeks; six months later, less than 50 per cent are still [on / in] track to keep their resolutions. Most people who give up on their resolutions do so because of a [lack / lick] of willpower and the [use / used] of the 'escape clause' that they will 'try again next year'.