Why You Might Not Be Sticking To Your Plans
We don’t stick to the plans we make
Plans are a sign of productivity. We plan our days at work, our weekends, and when to do a food shop. We also plan for our long term goals.
But despite all of this planning, we often don’t complete our plans. We finish projects after our deadlines. We stop going to the gym after a few weeks. Our ‘healthy eating’ regime becomes difficult to keep up with.
Research has even shown that people usually have to make New Year Resolutions at least 5 times before they actually achieve what they set out to do in the first place.
There are several reasons why we don’t stick to our plans. Biases can make us underestimate what we need to do. They can also make us overestimate our abilities regarding how much we can achieve. And sometimes, we just make bad plans.
About the Author
Jonathan Line
Jonathan is a psychology student at the University of Sussex focusing on workplace behavioural science. He specializes in how people interact with their built environment, and the impact this has on their habits, self-regulation and productivity at work.
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