As we emerged from our New Year’s Eve celebrations with pounding heads and a slight sense of loathing for our late-2017 selves, many of us will have jumped at an excuse for some annual self-improvement. Whether it’s quitting smoking or exercising more, once a year we’re seemingly willing to overlook mounting evidence that less than 50 per cent of people will have kept to their resolutions in six months.
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