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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 ...

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.

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, thinking ...

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 ...

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 ...

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