Wrong time for resolutions

If you find yourself ditching your New Year resolutions after just a week, it could be because you are making them at the wrong time of year. January is the worst time because people are too depressed to give up vices, lifestyle experts believe.

Almost a quarter of resolutions are broken within a week and half are abandoned before the end of January. Martin Murphy, of life-coaching company Excelerate, thinks making a dramatic resolution is a negative way to try to alter your life. People should instead make changes more gradually.

He added: 'If a person feels as if they are making a huge sacrifice, it makes the whole process much more difficult.' Most popular areas for resolutions are finances, relationships, careers and health, the company's survey showed.