Although humans don’t hibernate, our bodies do slow down when nights are long and the weather is colder. Kimberly Dienes, a lecturer in clinical and health psychology at Swansea University, recommends saving your resolutions until the spring weather arrives. Come March, you’ll have a far higher chance of success with some gentle spring resolutions. But she cautions against setting yourself up to fail by being too ambitious: our bodies still need time to recover from the winter dip. My new year’s resolution will be to leave it until spring …

Source: The Guardian January 01, 2026 21:53 UTC