JUST RANKIN’ SH!T
5 New Year’s Resolutions You’re Likely to Break, Ranked
Making a list, breaking it at least twice
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5. To give up vice X (smoking, drinking, cursing, masturbating, gambling, etc.)
These kinds of resolutions are so hard to break because they target behaviors that give you genuine pleasure and that you started engaging in because they were fun (and maybe before they became so destructive or distracting). Who wants to quit fun, pleasurable pursuits for good? Not you in a month, probably.
4. To get organized
That Marie Kondo decluttering book you copped during a spurt of inspiration won’t help much if you stopped reading in chapter two.
3. To make better decisions
Have you met yourself? You love terrible decisions!
2. To save more money
Conventional wisdom says you should put money away for retirement, or whatever awaits you later in your life. But if you can barely pay your bills now — and a fresh stimulus check is more…