By Barrie Davenport

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread each day, and at last we cannot break it.  ~Horace Mann

Whether or not you make New Year’s resolutions, the beginning of a new year is a psychological trigger for starting fresh.

After all of the doodles, scribbles, and scratch-outs of 2011, the first day of 2012 is like a brand new shiny sheet of blank paper — and you’ve just been given a jumbo box of crayons.

So now what?

I’m sure you have a habit in mind that you’ve been attempting now for several years. Maybe it’s exercise, losing weight, eating better, learning something new, meditating, writing, or de-cluttering your house.

You start the new year with a bang, but around February or March, you end with a whimper.

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