Why I’ve Been Afraid of New Year’s Resolutions

AJ Wood
4 min readDec 21, 2021

In fear of the G-word

Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash

As a rule, I don’t set goals or make New Year’s resolutions. Since I was a little girl, I’ve wondered why I should bother. One way or the other, I knew I wouldn’t be able to achieve them, so why go through all the time and trouble? I didn’t realize it for a very long time, but I’ve spent my life afraid of the word “goal.”

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