do new years resolutions work?
12/28/202545 min
[video available on spotify] i don’t know how i feel about new years resolutions. i do think there is value in taking time to reflect and manifest, but is making new years resolutions effective? today i’m going to look back at my past resolutions to see what worked and what didn’t.
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First 90 secondsEmma Chamberlain· Host0:00
I don't know how I feel about New Year's resolutions. Like, when I was a kid I didn't care, and then when I was a teenager I was kind of a punk, a rebel, and I kinda hated everything, and New Year's resolutions were no exception. I thought the concept was idiotic. My argument was, if you have something you wanna change about your life, change it in the moment. Realize that there's an issue in April. Don't wait until January 1st to figure out what's wrong with your life. Do it throughout the year. Is that a valid argument? Actually, yes. However, I think it's a bit of a nihilistic perspective. It's unnecessarily harsh on the concept of New Year's resolutions. And then in my early 20s, my heart warmed up a bit. I became a little bit less rebellious, a little bit less of a hater, a little bit less nihilistic, and that's not just towards New Year's resolutions. That was, say, in general, but it also extended towards New Year's resolutions. And so starting in 2023, at age 22 for me, I started writing down New Year's resolutions again. Why? Well because, why not? I don't take New Year's resolutions that seriously, and to me it seemed like a net positive. At best, I'm planting a seed in my brain for the rest of the year, potentially even manifesting for the rest of the year, starting the year mindfully. And at worst, you know, things