National Quitter’s Day
Have you given up on your New Year’s resolution? Research by the fitness tracking app Strava shows that about 80% of New Year’s resolutions fizzle out by the second Friday of January, a day now dubbed ‘Quitter’s Day’. But what if quitting isn’t a failure? What if it’s the smartest thing you can do? I […]
A step up to reduce inequalities for northern women
I have just read the Women of the North report. A sobering read, even considering health inequalities were a large part of my work for a long time and a childhood living in poverty. Some of the things that stood out to me: “We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.” Malala […]
Happy New Year’s Resolution Quitting Day!
That sounds like a bizarre statement to make but according to the fitness app Strava, the second Friday in January is when most of us give up on new year’s resolutions. It is such a common phenomenon that it has its own name – Quitters Day! What is it that makes people abandon goals they […]
