Creating a New Year's Resolution

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I love the idea of like it doesn't have to be all goals. It can also be like this is the kind of energy that I want to bring into the year. And then you start seeing how when like things will fit into it. Like, OK, my word was salt. Because I'm writing a book about the five senses and salt is so important. But salt, the more I thought about it, it had all these layers of meaning. Preserving things that I'm really interested in how we preserve memories. Adding flavor and zest because it's all to sort of a universal flavored answer. Too much is not good. You know, so it's one of these things

Why do so many of us wait until a new calendar year to start setting our goals? For today’s guest, Gretchen Rubin, “there really is no magic to January 1st”-- and the best time to start a healthy habit is just, well, “now.” Gretchen is a podcaster and the author of several New York Times bestsellers, including “Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits--to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life.” In this episode, she shares eye-opening frameworks on the different ways to make and achieve goals, gives tips on how to create habits that actually improve our lives and discusses why chasing happiness isn’t always fun – and why it doesn’t always make us feel happy. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts