Share this article Share this article COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- After a year like 2020, with so much turmoil, is anyone even making new year's resolutions? It feels like it's resolve enough just to carry on from day to day. And while this is a moment, if ever there was one, to give yourself a pass on a full-scale, full new year resolution, you can still have meaningful goals that can help you this year, says Trevor A. Foulk, an assistant professor of management and organization at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. In research published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Foulk found that thinking differently about your goals can be an effective way to help yourself each work day, without setting big, major goals. The trick is to focus on three key "strivings," he says.