Why are you a Quitter?

Already thrown up your hands at your New Year's Resolutions? Going to let another year slip by without changing a thing about yourself? It's easier just to be miserable, right? Wrong. Now's the time to change your life for good.

by eHarmony Staff

So have you quit already? Have you thrown in the towel on that life-changing New Year’s resolution? Have you decided it’s just too hard to get to the gym during the work week? Did you already slide off the diet wagon and land in the vanilla pudding? Are you still taking loads of abuse from your lazy, sadistic boss? How about your love life? Have you tossed in the towel there as well?

Wow. You didn’t even make it to February.

It is a question worth considering. For most of human existence life has been hard. For the vast majority of our ancestors, just surviving was hard. Scratching a living from the land required back-breaking labor, and you had to pray that your harvest was sufficient to cover the months of winter. Disease ran unchecked throughout communities, taking both young and old.

The life expectancy in 1900 was 48 years – which meant two things:

1) Large numbers of people died in infancy.

2) Once the nagging conditions of old age set in, your goose was cooked.

U.S. men born in 2008 have an average expectancy of 80.8 years, and most of those will be healthy and disease-free.

Nowadays life is so easy. In this country, we’re so free from real fear of starvation, disease and deprivation that you’d think most people could channel their commitment and energy into chasing down the less difficult goals of life – health, relationships, success.

So, what is it with you?

Why have you decided you just can’t have the thing you want so much? Before you toss in the towel, consider these three points.