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December 13, 2020 6:30 PM By Ryan Prior, CNN
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Your resolution is more likely to work if you set a goal to run toward something positive, rather than avoid something negative, a new study said.
Want to replace your television habit with exercise? “I want to start running” could work better than “I want to quit watching TV so much.”
How we phrase our New Year’s resolution could give us a slight edge as to whether or not we’ll stick to the new habit, according to a study published Wednesday in the open-access journal PLOS One.
Frame your resolution in the positive, as something you’re committing to doing may work better than framing your goal around quitting a bad habit or avoiding a particular greasy food.