How to keep those New Year's resolutions

Psychologists have identified successful ways of meeting self-determined goals, but they may not work if you're a perfectionist.

It's hard to take New Year's resolutions too seriously. We know they are more often breached than observed, so we make them, ironically, half-heartedly — or not at all. They epitomize "easier said than done."

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