PLEASE SHARE VIA NEGATIVA RULES.
I am quite certain that new year resolutions don’t really work, are more wishful thinking (gyms are full in January and empty in February)… except that interdicts have worked in history: halal/kashrut dietary laws, etc.
I have personally never been successful with positive resolutions, but have been with stated negative year-end rules: in 2007 (never be late for the year 2008 which worked well by injecting redundancies, and seems to have effortless carried over to today) and 2012 (no reading outside of math for 2013, with weak exceptions).
I have no rules for 2014 yet but feel quite satisfied.
Please feel free to state your rules, if you are willing to share, so other can get ideas. They need to be VIA NEGATIVA and easy to generalize (not personal).
via PLEASE SHARE VIA NEGATIVA RULES. I am quite… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Schopenhauer has a negative approch to happiness, too, not positive,say, one can digest less carbohydrates, but he had an ironic way.Cast everything negative into hell, he said, then only ennui is left in heaven. For myself walk slowly, Merry Christmas and holidays friends.
Happy Holidays David!