A simple Google search brought up the following articles. http://www.proactivechange.com/resolutions/statistics.htm http://www.proactivechange.com/resolutions/

A simple Google search brought up the following articles. http://www.proactivechange.com/resolutions/statistics.htm http://www.proactivechange.com/resolutions/statistics.htm http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/01/04/1407433/new-years-resolutions-are-useful.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/01/04/1407433/new-years-reso... It seems as if a fair amount of the population makes resolutions that end up helping a portion of them. Thus they improve society to some extent, but not necessarily more than any other holiday that also bring people together and make them rethink their lives. What's interesting to think about is if arbitrary holidays (which New Year's may or may not be) are worth our time or not? Even some holidays that are not arbitrary have become something totally different than what they started out as. Tradition keeps these holidays going, but if you were to pick and choose which holidays to keep, which ones would you choose?