On this episode of How to Be Fine, Kristen and Jolenta discuss whether or not New Year’s resolutions are actually effective. Plus, they offer up advice on dealing with medical vulnerability, and how to find an IRL literary community. Do you have any advice question for us? Email us at kristenandjolenta@gmail.com, or follow us on Instagram @howtobefinepod. And if you haven't already, please join our How to Be Fine (formerly By the Book) Facebook community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/kristenandjolenta Sources:https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/01/new-years-resolutions-are-lame-the-peacock-vow-is-awesome.htmlhttps://www.teenvogue.com/story/new-years-resolutions-historyhttps://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2018/01/05/the-origin-of-new-years-resolutionshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_resolutionhttps://www.history.com/news/the-history-of-new-years-resolutionshttps://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/when-did-new-years-resolutions-starthttps://www.forbes.com/health/mind/new-years-resolutions-statistics/https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/44868-americans-new-years-resolutions-2023-poll?redirect_from=%2Ftopics%2Fsociety%2Farticles-reports%2F2022%2F12%2F28%2Famericans-new-years-resolutions-2023-pollhttps://faculty.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Dai_Fresh_Start_2014_Mgmt_Sci.pdfhttps://fisher.osu.edu/blogs/leadreadtoday/why-most-new-years-resolutions-failhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jclp.1151https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/6/3084https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0234097#pone-0234097-g002https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2980864/