Tips to set yourself up for success in 2026

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🗓️ 1 January 2026

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Summary

The new year is a time to set goals. But daily life often gets in the way of meeting our ambitions. NPR’s Life Kit podcast host Marielle Segarra give us some practical, daily life tips that can set us up for success in 2026.

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0:00.0	Hey there, happy New Year. It's Scott Detrow. Very quick before we start the show.
0:04.6	The consider this team wants to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated during NPR's end-of-year fundraising campaign.
0:11.3	Thank you also to our NPR Plus supporters. Public Radio is yours. And thanks to you, we are starting the New Year strong, even as NPR enters its first full year without federal funding
0:22.2	for public media. Thank you again for your continued support moving into 2026 and beyond.
0:28.4	Now let's get into the show.
0:34.7	All right, everybody, it is January. It is 2026. You know what that means. It's time to set some goals.
0:41.7	Are you ready to be interrogated for this podcast? Yeah. Yeah? Okay, good.
0:46.7	That is 33-year-old Emily Al-Zane speaking with Consider This producer, Michael Levin.
0:51.3	They're old friends, and he sat down with her to chat about New Year's resolutions. What's your 2026 New Year's Resolution? I don't have one. You don't have one? Yeah, I just think they're kind of overrated. Okay, so she's not a fan of New Year's Resolutions, and honestly, a lot of people feel the same way. After all, it can be a lot of pressure.
1:20.0	Because you talk yourself up to these like really lofty goals and a lot of the times they don't end up coming true and then you're really disappointed.
1:25.5	And it's not only you working hard toward these things. There's like a whole multitude of life factors that are involved in these.
1:29.5	And I think people make themselves feel really bad when they don't achieve the resolution.
1:30.9	I mean, Emily's got a point.
1:33.9	Life can get in the way of our goals and our ambitions.
1:34.9	But consider this.
1:42.0	Our friends at NPR's Life Kit podcast gave us some practical daily life tips that are going to set us up for success, hopefully, in 2026.
1:47.5	From NPR, I'm Scott Detrow.
1:58.2	It's Consider This from NPR.
2:03.2	We regularly get good tips from our friends at NPR's Life Kit about how to navigate the day to day.
2:11.9	Their podcast talk to experts on how to be a better parent or friend or partner, how to manage money more efficiently, how to avoid holiday drama or holiday scams.
2:16.3	And they're back today with some of their most popular and favorite tips of the year.
2:18.4	With us is Life Kit host Mariel Seagata.
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