The entire structure of New Year’s resolutions is built around the dopamine hit of setting goals. You sit down, you imagine a better version of yourself, you write down what that person does differently, and you feel good about having a plan. That feeling is the reward, and for most people, that’s where it ends. The goal itself becomes the... See more

The other problem with standard New Year planning is that it’s almost entirely focused on addition. People ask themselves what they should start doing, what habits they should add, what new routines they should build, but they almost never ask what they should stop doing , what they should subtract, what parts of their current life are actively... See more