As the year draws to a close, a lot of people start making resolutions for the new year. Going to the gym or eating healthier are some of the most common resolutions made at the start of the year but months, weeks, days, or even just hours later people tend to drop their resolutions and go back to their normal life. So what's the point? Why tell yourself that you are going to do something just to quit it eventually?

Well, according to statisticbrain.com, 45% of people usually make New Year's resolutions and 17% make them infrequently. However, while only 8% successfully achieve their resolution, 49% of people have infrequent success. In plain English, resolutions can actually make a difference in your life during the new year.

So whatever you were hoping to accomplish next year you have a pretty decent chance of being at least partly successful and there are so many ways to try and motivate yourself that you might even be that 8% that does their resolution for the whole year. Keeping a journal, making daily or weekly goals, and stating reasons you want to make the change all have impacts on how long you might keep your resolution.

So go out and get to it. The new year is almost here.