It’s Quitter’s Day: The Day You’re Most Likely to Drop Your New Year’s Resolution 😬📆

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Congrats! You’ve officially made it 2% of the way through 2026. Honestly? That’s impressive. 🎉

Today is Quitter’s Day, the point in the year when motivation goes to die and resolutions quietly disappear.

It always lands on the second Friday in January, for a very simple reason: we can survive one weekend without pizza, booze, impulse spending, or sleeping in. But two weekends in a row? Absolutely not. 😵‍💫

A study in 2024 found that 80% of people start losing steam by Quitter’s Day. So if your resolution is still going strong, feel free to feel morally superior all weekend. You’ve earned it. 😌

A big survey done just before Christmas found the most popular resolutions this year were:

  • Exercising more 🏋️
  • Being happier 🙂
  • Eating healthier 🥗
  • Saving money 💸

So if you want to fully embrace the spirit of Quitter’s Day, the move is obvious: Do zero exercise, eat Taco Bell on the couch, feel mildly sad about it, and absolutely pay extra for delivery. Bonus points if you do it while scrolling fitness content. 🌮📱

Remember: quitting today doesn’t mean quitting forever… but it does mean starting again on Monday. Probably. 😏

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