Why I Prefer Rituals Over Resolutions

*In the style of the Ramones* 🎸🎤 20, 20, 24’s here, I wanna celebrate it

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Dylan Schmidt
January 02, 2024

Did you know that New Year’s resolutions date back to 2000 B.C. with the Babylonians?

In today’s newsletter:

  • Rituals: A different look at starting off the new year.

  • Vlipsy: Use this site to find funny clips and gifs.

  • Caution: The Supreme Court urges caution as AI reshapes the legal field, Google fixes nearly 100 Android security issues, and more.

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Are you a New Year's resolution type of person?

Personally, I'm not.

Yesterday, I posted a video on Instagram that I think points to why a lot of resolutions fail.

But I do love streaks, challenges, and rituals.

For example, I've been writing in my daily journal for 1,072 days.

I've been releasing a podcast episode every week since September 2021.

And I've been writing 3 pages, stream of consciousness, after I wake up every morning for the past 7 days...which I will continue for the next 90 days.

When I start something, it's easy for me to keep going, as you can probably tell from this newsletter.

Which part of the "doing" do you struggle with the most?

Is it the starting? The keeping going? Or finding the balance in between?

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Vlipsy

Vlipsy is a useful tool to search for video clips for chat and social media. You can find funny clips and use them like a gif, or put them in your videos. This is similar to the tool called ‘Yarn’ I shared a few months back!

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