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Brand-new, made-on-the-spot resolutions for the coming year... no thanks. One day (even one month) isn't enough time to think such things through carefully.
However, since I happen to be reading this I don't mind making a public note of goals I have privately set myself, that will carry over to the coming year (or until I choose to abandon them) and that have something to do with this site's mission.
I intend to keep working through all the math in Jaynes' book. I intend to seek applications of "Bayesian inference" to the effective management of software projects. I intend to learn the math of special relativity, and (unless this proves too difficult) GR as well, as an instance of learning the "simple math of everything" and appreciating "the beauty of settled science". I intend to write one or two LW posts about "refining the art of human rationality" unless someone beats me to the topics I want to cover, around ideas which matter to me and which the LW community may teach me something about.
You could do what I do: come up with ideas gradually, giving them plenty of thought and maybe doing smaller-scale trial runs beforehand. Then actually commit to them on the New Year, to get that short burst of extra motivation that helps form habits.