As a rule, I try not to make New Year's Resolutions. I'm extremely hard on myself when I abandon them (I say when, not if, since I have yet to keep a resolution), and I think the practice of self-flagellation for not sticking 100% to a promise made on January 1 is the opposite of what resolutions are about. The idea is to change something for the better, to quit a bad habit, to give up an unhealthy practice, to improve your life in some way. So instead, I think we should view resolutions more as goals for ourselves for the year, things that are attainable (see: New Year's Resolutions Worth Keeping).
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