How To Hack Yourself

✨The Advanced Manual of Self-Improvement✨

Decision science tips to help you stick to your New Year’s resolutions

Happy almost-2025! Chances are that you’re contemplating making some New Year’s resolutions, so let’s get you set up for success in the new year with this extended guide to crafting a self-improvement strategy that works, combining and extending all of my previous blog posts on the topic.

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Here are the 14 best new years resolutions you can make, explained in detail with piles of tips and complete with explanations from psychology, economics, and decision science. This guide covers everything from memory hacking to motivation to the impulse control theory of multiple selves.

#1 — Resolve to stop borrowing resolutions

Designing an effective personalized self-improvement program can be a daunting process. It’s tempting to grab some ready-to-wear plan off the shelf, so if you’re not rummaging around in the scientific literature (and let’s face it, most people aren’t) then your likeliest move is to pick someone you admire and try to copy whatever they’re doing. And then, snap! The crushing…