Does this sound familiar? You promised yourself you’d start waking up earlier, but you just keep hitting the snooze. After feeling inspired one day, you told yourself you’d start that project you’ve been dreaming about, but weeks later you’ve taken no action. You know that your life would be much better if you kicked that one bad habit, but you just don’t seem to be willing to let it go.
Why does it seem that we can typically keep commitments we make to other people, but when it comes to keeping the commitments we make to ourselves, we’re willing to disappoint?