Every January my social news feed is filled with resolutions, intentions, fitness goals, business goals and a whole host of good intentions.  It's amazing to witness, and always makes me feel like there's hope for humanity because people WANT to change. They WANT to shift and grow and evolve into what they know they can be.

Sadly, by February at the latest, those posts go away, and the people return to their regularly scheduled programming and the resolutions are no more.  This year, I want to uncover the why. Why do we fall apart so quickly? Why do we let go of the change we desire?

Well, the obvious answer is because it's hard, yes? Change is terrifying. Change is difficult and tedious.  Change takes time and we live in a society where immediate gratification is the name of the game and anything less is exactly that.  

The deeper reason has to do with intention and decision.  You see, the people who stick to change and who stick to the "new year, new...