I think everyone desires self-improvement, and the beginning and end of a year is a nice bookend on self-improvement. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with wanting to change something about yourself, but thinking the year is going to save you from fatness or illiteracy isn’t a good way to look at it. It’s really up to you, and if you weren’t taking care of yourself previously, you’re probably going to have trouble watching what you eat after the New Year.

I think if people were more specific and smaller with their goals other than just wanting to lose weight it works out a lot better. It would be better to say “I’m going to walk around the neighborhood every afternoon after work” instead of just saying I’m going lose 30 pounds. Disciplining yourself is a step by step process. (The weight goal is a common example so I used that one) If you want to write a book, write a page of something every morning when you get up, don’t just run before you can walk and write a novel on January 2nd.

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