By Gretchen Rubin

I was talking to a group of people a few nights ago, and someone mentioned a resolution that I thought sounded terrific.

"Whenever I can see on my phone that I'm getting a call from someone I really don't want to talk to," she explained, "I force myself to pick up right away. I never let a dreaded call go to voicemail."

"Oh, I always let those calls go to voicemail," someone responded. "I need to gear up for them."

"Well, I think it's better to pick them up," she answered. "I know I'm going to have to talk to this person, so I might as well get it out of the way immediately. Otherwise, I procrastinate, and it hangs over my head and ruins my mood. Plus the person gets more annoyed, because of the delay. If I just pick up, I deal with it, right then and there. And... More...