What is a resolution? Are popular New Year's resolutions too self-centered? What can the ancients teach us about maintaining our resolutions and avoiding temptation? And is the very practice of making New Year's resolutions irrational? These are just some of the questions we explore in this episode.

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Hosts' Websites:

Megan J Fritts (google.com)

Frank J. Cabrera - Research (google.com)

Email: [email protected]

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Bibliography:

New Year’s Resolutions Statistics And Data – Forbes Health

The resolution solution: Longitudinal examination of New Year's change attempts - ScienceDirect

Auld lang Syne: Success predictors, change processes, and self‐reported outcomes of New Year's resolvers and nonresolvers - Norcross - 2002 - Journal of Clinical Psychology - Wiley Online Library

A Medieval Man’s New Year’s Resolutions (medievalists.net)

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Cover Artwork by Logan Fritts

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