Happy 2022! #newyearnewme, right? Haha, we kid. But it is that time of the year where a lot of North Americans set New Year's resolutions. But do they work? How can you actually change your life so that you’re achieving the goals that matter most to you? Today we discuss whether you should even set resolutions, and if you do, how to best reach those goals! Also, you get to hear the story of T’s most embarrassing New Year’s Eve party (hint: a soiled Marc Jacobs bag is involved…)

 

T’s article: “How to trick your brain into keeping a New Year’s resolution” Sarah Chodosh, Jan 1, 2022 from Popular Science (https://www.popsci.com/how-to-accomplish-new-years-resolution)

K’s article: “A large-scale experiment on New Year’s resolutions: Approach-oriented goals are more successful than avoidance-oriented goals” Oscarsson, Martin et al., PloS one vol. 15,12 e0234097. 9 Dec. 2020, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0234097 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7725288/)