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Forget about making New Year’s Resolutions — they don’t work, and here’s why.

Nearly 80 percent of us are going to make at least one resolution, and they鈥檙e often big goals: Lose weight, spend less, stop smoking, text less, exercise more. But that only 8 percent of the people who make New Year鈥檚 resolutions will fulfill their goals.

By Jan. 12, the data show we鈥檒l likely give up in frustration. We鈥檒l feel like a failure, we鈥檒l give up trying, and stick with our bad habits until the聽next new year.

To change a habit, you have to create a new one. You have to get very specific. For example, I鈥檓 going to eat an apple a day. I won鈥檛 drink sugary soda today. Or, I鈥檓 going to add 10 minutes or 2,000 steps to my daily walk.

You also have to make the new action easy to do for at least the first week. Don鈥檛 say you鈥檙e going to lose five pounds the first week of January, or you鈥檙e going to give up all texting, because if you don鈥檛 succeed that first week, you鈥檒l throw in the towel and set yourself back even further.

Instead of stating unrealistic goals, think of Jan. 1 as just another day in the calendar. You can reset your calendar聽every day for a fresh start.

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