Many New Year's resolutions require an ongoing commitment of time, energy, and/or other resources. This can be challenging to sustain. 92% of New Year’s resolutions fail, most of them within a couple of weeks.

However, there's a way around this. Make some resolutions that you can complete in one day. You can broaden this to any one-time activity if you like: a weekend workshop, a housecleaning week, a two-week vacation, etc. If you're really swamped, you could even shrink it down to one-hour resolutions. Do what works for you, based on the resources you have and goals you hope to accomplish.

Here are some ideas for one-day resolutions. Some of these need no further attention once complete. Others are small, concrete steps toward further progress.

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