Gretchen Rubin

What would make me happier, healthier, more productive, more creative?

What would make me happier, healthier, more productive, more creative?

And yet for a lot of people, it's kind of free from that baggage.

And yet for a lot of people, it's kind of free from that baggage.

And maybe they can have fun with it and embrace it in a way where New Year's resolutions maybe just don't feel that appealing anymore.

And maybe they can have fun with it and embrace it in a way where New Year's resolutions maybe just don't feel that appealing anymore.

Well, doing something new, just like just sheerly doing something new, doing something new, trying new things tends to make people happier.

Well, doing something new, just like just sheerly doing something new, doing something new, trying new things tends to make people happier.

Even things as simple as like going to a new restaurant or walking around a new neighborhood.

Even things as simple as like going to a new restaurant or walking around a new neighborhood.

So it's good for happiness to do something new.

So it's good for happiness to do something new.

I mean, it's also really good.

I mean, it's also really good.

for happiness to follow through like we like to feel like we're in control and we like to feel like we're in control of ourselves and so having that sense of efficacy that sense of like i can follow through on my plans really does help people to become happier and what the research shows is that people and this is no surprise is that people who kind of articulate what they want to change and make a plan for how they might bring that change into their life

for happiness to follow through like we like to feel like we're in control and we like to feel like we're in control of ourselves and so having that sense of efficacy that sense of like i can follow through on my plans really does help people to become happier and what the research shows is that people and this is no surprise is that people who kind of articulate what they want to change and make a plan for how they might bring that change into their life

okay spoiler alert that people do better like when you pl when you think about it and you try to set yourself up for success you are more likely to to succeed and so it is it is it is very valuable to do this but there's no i don't think there's a magic to doing as it as a new year's resolution um there's a lot of ways that you can go about that sort of mindfully setting your aims for yourself um depending on what appeals to you

okay spoiler alert that people do better like when you pl when you think about it and you try to set yourself up for success you are more likely to to succeed and so it is it is it is very valuable to do this but there's no i don't think there's a magic to doing as it as a new year's resolution um there's a lot of ways that you can go about that sort of mindfully setting your aims for yourself um depending on what appeals to you

Well, I think anytime we want to set an aim for ourselves, the more we can keep it in mind and the more engaged we are with it, the better we're going to do.

Well, I think anytime we want to set an aim for ourselves, the more we can keep it in mind and the more engaged we are with it, the better we're going to do.