Great point. In my case, I’ve replaced alcohol with other shitty foods. My skittle intake is currently through the roof.

I’m going through this right now, actually. I gave up alcohol starting on January 1 (for many reasons—chiefly out of my fear that I might be an alcoholic) and have since lost about 10 pounds. Considering I was already a pretty thin 170 lb, 6'1" male, I figure that’s a ton of weight to lose by simply cutting one thing…

But its just scribble scrabble.

Dude. What you’re saying— “if you need to attatch it to a trivial date, you’re wasting your time since you’re just going to give up soon after anyway” —is simply not true. In one of of the cited studies almost 20% of people continued their resolutions after two years. I’m sorry you’re convinced that inconvenient facts…

Ugh. Is this how you talk to people in real life? You’re hopeless.

In case you actually want to learn something, there is research on this. The significance of starting a “resolution” on New Year’s Day involves a concept called the “fresh-start effect,” which essentially sets up a temporal landmark to separate your new “improved self” from your previous “bad self.” You’re correct to…

I think you’re unnecessarily dismissive of people who—whether likely to succeed or not—want to improve their lives.

And counting.

Twenty-nine days sober. (Haven’t had a drink since 11:50 p.m. on New Year’s Eve).

I really wish every app with a map interface had the one-handed google double tap zoom feature. I love that feature.

The crime of Aggravated Indecent Assault in Pennsylvania—in the categories for which Cosby is charged—will carry a 48-60 month (or 5 year) minimum sentence.

Aw man, I was looking forward to this recap after he dropped out.

Dang, I love the internet (and Gawker media) so much. I hopped on to google to find the answer to this exact question and I couldn’t have imagined a better article addressing the subject. (Down to where I can stream the movies online). Thank you for filling up a gap in the internet that needed to be filled!