As I write this, it is approaching the end of New Year’s Day and Sarah and I are relaxing in a cute Airbnb in the historic area of downtown Savannah, Georgia. Savannah has always been one of our ...

We’re now just about a month into the new year and, although it isn’t sentient, I’m acutely aware that my notes app list of ...

The idea that it takes just 21 days to form a habit is a myth. It stems from 1960s surgeon Maxwell Maltz, who observed his patients needed about three weeks to adjust to physical changes. The notion ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If you made a New Year’s resolution, it’s still probably too early to know if it’s become an actual habit yet, and according to one study, it may take a little longer to build that ...

A popular piece of self-help folklore might be more complicated than we thought. New research finds that it takes significantly more than a month for a new habit to form. Scientists at the University ...

I am not a Louisianian who transforms my Christmas tree into a Mardi Gras tree. I'm happy for those who enjoy it, but I adore the clean space that January offers — in my home and in my head. Nearly ...

Every year I make New Year’s resolutions to make a new habit of exercising more, improving my diet or stopping smoking, but my good intentions fall by the wayside within weeks. How can I make this ...