The new year always inspires the formation of new habits and resolutions. Often, those good habits don't always stick. Studies show that approximately 80 percent of people give up or fail within the ...

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For better or worse, our habits define us and, if significant enough, can shape our future. The habits we practice every day, whether big or small, eventually add up as the sum total of our behavior.

Forming a new habit can be a difficult feat — whether you’re starting a new fitness routine, trying to eat healthier, or getting accustomed to a new job. In our busy, hectic schedules, we tend to do ...

It's not 21 days, or even 66 days, no matter what the life hack industrial complex wants you to think. Forming a habit is a classic life hack: You want to change something about your life, so you ...

Reframing the benefits of a goal can be a powerful tool — time spent exercising can also be viewed as time to catch up with podcasts and music. (Getty Images) Setting goals for the new year can be ...

Depending on the behavior, it may become automatic for you in about 66 days. Some habits may be more challenging than others, but persistence and consistency do help to develop new ones. Whether you ...

Think about something it took you a really long time to learn, like how to parallel park. At first, parallel parking was difficult and you had to devote a lot of mental energy to it. But after you ...

(CNN) — As you’re drafting your New Year’s resolutions, you may think that it takes 21 days of repeating an action for that action to become a habit. So, you set out to go to the gym for 21 days, ...

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