New Year’s Resolutions

On this episode of How to Be Fine, Kristen and Jolenta discuss whether or not New Year’s resolutions are actually effective. Plus, they offer up advice on dealing with medical vulnerability, and how to find an IRL literary community. Do you have any advice question for us? Email us at [email protected], or follow us on Instagram @howtobefinepod. And if you haven't already, please join our How to Be Fine (formerly By the Book) Facebook community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/kristenandjolenta Sources: https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/01/new-years-resolutions-are-lame-the-peacock-vow-is-awesome.html https://www.teenvogue.com/story/new-years-resolutions-history https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2018/01/05/the-origin-of-new-years-resolutions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_resolution https://www.history.com/news/the-history-of-new-years-resolutions https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/when-did-new-years-resolutions-start https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/new-years-resolutions-statistics/ https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/44868-americans-new-years-resolutions-2023-poll?redirect_from=%2Ftopics%2Fsociety%2Farticles-reports%2F2022%2F12%2F28%2Famericans-new-years-resolutions-2023-poll https://faculty.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Dai_Fresh_Start_2014_Mgmt_Sci.pdf https://fisher.osu.edu/blogs/leadreadtoday/why-most-new-years-resolutions-fail https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jclp.1151 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/6/3084 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0234097#pone-0234097-g002 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2980864/