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The Only New Year’s Resolutions You’ll Ever Need
3 min readJan 2, 2018
It’s pretty simple, right? Exercise. Read more. Save money. Travel. These are the staple New Year’s resolutions. But if it’s not that complicated, why are there so many fat, dumb, poor people who don’t even have passports?
So, forget about all of the tired resolutions that you recycle unfulfilled year in and out. Here are some practical and timeless goals (from me) for 2019 that will fundamentally make your life better:
- Write down your goals. Less than 10% of people ever fulfill their resolutions, but when people make lists, they are significantly more likely to accomplish them. Go old school and get a physical notebook.
- Stay in on Friday nights. Go tech-free, read a book, avoid the riff-raff, and have a more productive weekend. It’ll also save thousands of dollars per year.
- Put your phone away at dinner. Checking your phone after someone else pulls out their phone is the yawn of our generation.
- Get a comprehensive health exam.
- Spend more time with people you disagree with ideologically. This is how we get smarter. It’s okay to like Bill Maher and Ben Shapiro, Dave Rubin, and Sarah Silverman.
- Read more. It allows you to borrow someone else’s brain. This is a staple resolution, but in reality, 70% of people…