sketerpot comments on New Year’s Resolutions Thread - Less Wrong

8 Post author: MichaelVassar 30 December 2009 09:36PM

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Comment author: sketerpot 31 December 2009 02:12:14AM 0 points [-]

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.

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.