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90 Days to better New Year’s resolutions - by Atman

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Every year, as the new year rolls in, millions of people vow that this will be the year they finally get that beach body or read 25 books or save more money. 92% of them will fail I know. I was one of them. Every year I would commit to grandiose goals. I would get pumped up about writing code, making videos or getting a six pack. And every year I would fail. I would use all my willpower to push through the first two weeks, sometimes the first two months, but sooner or later I would fail. Life would take over and my goals would go down the drain, leaving me in a pool of anguish and guilt over not being able to follow through. That changed about 3 years ago. I’m going to discuss how starting on 3rd Oct has been a critical part of it. But before that… Common reasons include Lack of willpower Setting too many goals like wanting to get ripped and learn a new language and a music instrument all at once Procrastination Not getting enough time and so on… These are fair reasons but I don’t beli

Every year, as the new year rolls in, millions of people vow that this will be the year they finally get that beach body or read 25 books or save more money. 92% of them will fail I know. I was one of them. Every year I would commit to grandiose goals. I would get pumped up about writing code, making videos or getting a six pack. And every year I would fail. I would use all my willpower to push through the first two weeks, sometimes the first two months, but sooner or later I would fail. Life would take over and my goals would go down the drain, leaving me in a pool of anguish and guilt…

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