Most New Year’s Resolutions fail. I assume there’s some science to back this, but we all know that it’s true.

That’s why, for the most part, I don’t make them.

So many people take the first day of the year to take on — with full intention of commitment — important lifestyle changes. Yet, few follow through.

I’ve done this more times than I can count.

I believe that the reason we don’t follow through is because we take on too much and go in a little too confident. We feel that the New Year is a fresh start, that this one will be the one where we change.

But it’s just a day.

What I find works so much better is doing random resolutions. Set smaller goals, and start them periodically throughout the year.

Pick one new habit or change you want for yourself, and begin on some random day every second month or so. Work on that for the next two months. After those two months, whether or not it sticks doesn’t matter. Start a new one, or reattempt the last.

The idea of making all of your changes at one time of the year is ridiculous.

Spread them out.