Resolutions, why do we make them?

 Fireworks at Docklands, Melbourne, New Year's Eve 2017

Source: Fireworks - Ade Wijanarko

Dr Hervita Diatri, psychiatrist at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital in Jakarta and lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Indonesia explains what it takes to make personal and national resolutions stick.


What are the most important factors for us to consider if we want to realise our resolutions? Can we apply the same considerations to the attainment of a nation’s goals and proposed reforms?  Dr Hervita Diatri identifies the difficulties and solutions.


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