It's a common phenomenon for people to make New Year's Resolutions. It's also common for most people break those resolutions before the year ends.
A 2014 survey revealed that 71 percent of Americans make New Year's resolutions, but less than half of them keep them for the first six months of the year.
Only eight percent of people surveyed said they stick to their resolutions throughout the course of the year, although even those respondents slip up at times.
Although the survey has a pessimistic outlook on making resolutions, it's comforting for those who feel they are alone in their New Year's resolution failures.
"That's really encouraging for someone like me," Pacific Standard columnist Max Ufberg wrote after learning that even those who are successful with keeping their resolutions have weak moments. "It means that, even if I falter with my running routine, I can take solace in the fact that my peers who do keep on running might slip up as well. How's that for camaraderie?"
