New year’s resolutions you'll *actually* want to keep in the new year.

2026 is calling, and there’s no better time to set your New Year’s resolutions! This is where the power of manifestation comes into play, especially when considering the astrological line-up of the ...

Every New Year I try to think of a thoughtful resolution, one that might make a real difference. After all, the New Year does feel like a time for fresh beginnings; a time to wipe the slate clean.

The holiday season is steeped in tradition. Many of those traditions are rooted in celebrants’ faith, but one of the last customs people embrace each year is largely secular. The tradition of making ...

In the mid-2000s, one of my then-Bulletin colleagues pitched and undertook a project in which he’d follow individuals as they worked on their New Year’s resolutions. He’d check in with them quarterly ...

Millions are made every year and most will be broken by the time the year ends. They’re New Year’s resolutions: our promises to ourselves to be better this year than we were during the last one.

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. Hello and happy new year! I love the first few days of a new year. It evokes a feeling ...

As time goes by, it’s common to get a bit cynical about New Year’s resolutions. “I never keep them, so why make any,” my friend Cynthia observed with a shrug as we talked about our hopes that life ...

Christmas is over, and in this darkest, bleakest, and coldest time of the year, in which the rest of the natural world is hibernating, we are… going to the gym? Conventional wisdom is that we should ...

2026 is all about choosing growth with intention and setting goals that reflect the future you crave Getty 2026 is calling, and there’s no better time to set your New Year’s resolutions! This is where ...