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January 8, 2021
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 | The Science of Keeping New Year's Resolutions Want to bolster your chances of actually staying true to your New Year's resolution, whatever it may be? According to Quest, we should ingrain "tiny habits" for ourselves rather than try to rework our behaviors outright, which is a more daunting task. According to a Stanford professor who proposed this trick, these tiny goals can be anything from practicing an instrument for 30 seconds per day to flossing just one tooth to doing a single pushup when you first get out of bed. These may sound like ridiculously small achievements, the Stanford expert says, but broad goals of "eating healthy" or "getting in shape" are much more elusive since they're more abstractions than achievable feats. Instead, desired behaviors that are incorporated as day-to-day habits, much like brushing your teeth or washing your hands before eating a meal, are much more effective since you'll carry them out without thinking about it. Need a little help with your resolutions? Check out these titles |
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 | Books on the Air An overview of talked-about books and authors. This weekly update, published every Friday, provides descriptions of recent TV and radio appearances by authors and their recently released books. See the hot titles from the media this week. |
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 | Anna North Anna North is a journalist and a novelist. Her journalistic work currently focuses on reproductive health and the politics thereof. She's the author of three novels, and a senior reporter at Vox. Previously, she was a writer and editor at the New York Times, Salon, BuzzFeed and Jezebel. Anna graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 2009, and studied classics in college. She grew up in Los Angeles and now lives in Brooklyn. Check out her books here. |
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 | 13 New Books to Watch For in January No matter what you're seeking, you can find it in the pages of a book this month. Essays from Joan Didion, George Saunders on why fiction matters and plenty more. Check them out here |
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| We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.-Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
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