Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution?

Re:Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution? by jstx1 on Saturday December 31, 2022 @12:17PM (#34198447)

> even once.

The problem with this approach is that if you fail once, there goes the entire year. Try something like "not to do $x on 95% of days" or "go a full month without $x". An all-or-nothing strategy doesn't give you a mechanism to get back on the horse and improve.

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Re:Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution? by frontman1988 on Saturday December 31, 2022 @12:39PM (#34198668)

I prefer to go all out. Allowing for leniency would be admitting defeat even before starting. I mean how difficult can it be to not view certain websites. If I fail I will implement your technique, but until then I trust myself enough to succeed.

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Re:Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution? by slothtrop on Saturday December 31, 2022 @02:43PM (#34199956)

I don't think all-or-nothing strategy is necessarily the same as restrictive cognitive restraint. You can avoid agonizing about failure and still shoot for quitting cold turkey - evidently this strategy works for some.

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