Past February : New Year's Resolutions That Stick - Why New Year's Resolutions Fail and How to Make Goals That Stick Long After January
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Overview
Don't break the chain. That was Jerry Seinfeld's entire system for writing jokes daily-a wall calendar, a red
marker, and the commitment to mark an X every day he showed up. Cordelia Merrick's insightful book explores
why most New Year's resolutions collapse by mid-February and reveals that the dividing line between success
and failure isn't willpower, personality, or even the goal itself-it's whether you've engineered a decision you
only have to make once.
When a resolution moves from January's pure potential into February's reality, it stops being an inspiring idea
and becomes a daily decision that drains motivation with every repetition. Past February is not a goal-setting
guide, a motivation manifesto, or a collection of willpower strategies. Instead, it unpacks the specific
psychological mechanisms that separate people who make it past Valentine's Day from those who don't,
walking through the hidden dynamics of habit formation: why January feels effortless because you haven't
actually changed anything yet, why tracking honest progress on a simple calendar outperforms every
motivational technique, why lying to yourself about whether you've started at all is the real resolution killer, and
why the people who succeed aren't running on discipline-they've built a chain they refuse to break.
Every chapter delivers actionable systems to help you move past motivation dependency and endless restarts.
Learn how to replace daily decision fatigue with automatic routines, track your progress honestly without
performance theater, and build the kind of chain that grows stronger with each passing day. Start reading Past
February today and turn your goals into the habits that stick long after the calendar turns.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781809243485
- ISBN-10: 1809243483
- Publisher: Readers First Publishing Ltd
- Publish Date: October 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.63 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.16 pounds
- Page Count: 266
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