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Have you made a New Year's resolution for 2021? Are you looking for ideas about changes you'd like to make to have your best year yet, or do you need more help on how to make your goals your reality? Check out these blog posts for tips and inspiration!

• Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
• Read More
• Reduce your carbon footprint
  • Reduce Your Waste
  • Say No to Fast Fashion
  • Go Vegan or try Meatless Mondays
• Start a Meditation or Mindfulness practice
• Learn something new, like a new language, craft, recipe, and more
• Save more money
• Declutter your space
  • Recycle what you declutter
• Get involved in the community
• Work on your resume and job skills with tools like JobNow and Gale Courses

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” -- Not Aristotle, but still an excellent sentiment.

Whether we realize it or not, habits make up our lives. Whether it's how we study, what we eat for dinner, if we work out or sit in front of the television, or even just the order in which we get ready in the morning, habits guide our choices. Habits are those things we do without having to think about them, like breathing or brushing your teeth. Building habits, though, requires some thought in the beginning, like getting yourself to floss. Breaking habits, too, requires a lot of work. 

These titles study the science and psychology behind habit building and breaking, simplifying tough behavioral concepts and giving you clear steps to take to help you find your best self.