# Do Resolutions Differently This Year - Mind Cafe - Medium

By [Untitled](https://paragraph.com/@0x3aede6b986c28ff87eaee3e82fbd4ea15ca3d7c4) · 2022-01-21

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Start by deciding who you want to be, not what you want to achieve.
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[Alisa Wolf](https://medium.com/@aruthwolf?source=post_page-----4d9a211a89f1-----------------------------------)

[Dec 8, 2021](https://medium.com/mind-cafe/do-resolutions-differently-this-year-4d9a211a89f1?source=post_page-----4d9a211a89f1-----------------------------------)

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I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions. That’s my party line. I mean, we all know they don’t work. Not for most of us. We start the year with the best of intentions. But by March, the pounds come back on. The workouts fall off. The book remains unwritten, the business unlaunched.

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