Why you should resolve not to make any New Year resolutions

Statistics indicate that only 10 per cent of people who make New Year's resolutions stick to them. [iStockphoto]

Everyone has a mental list of habits they would like to change, and the New Year seems like a perfect time to start.

"New Year, new you" is a phrase you will see repeated in prints this month. But this is just singsong rhetoric. Just because it sounds right to your ear does not mean that it contains any meaningful truth.