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It’s that time of year again, New Year’s Resolutions.  Matt and Andrew discuss their resolutions, all the biggies, money, health, and fitness. Are you making resolutions?  Have you made them for so many years running that they’re more like traditions now?  Yeah, us too.  Let’s see what we can do to get serious this year. The key to creating a good New Year’s Resolution list is to keep it actionable and measurable. For instance, just “getting healthy” or “make more money” isn’t really a good place to start — how will you know if you’re successful, and how do you get started? Be more specific.  Change getting healthy to eating three servings of veg a day.  (You need more but if you’re eating next to none, this is a good place to start.) Change make more money to devoting an hour a day to working on your side business. What you don’t need to accomplish resolutions is motivation.  What you need is discipline.  Discipline leaves no wiggle room when you don’t feel like doing something.  If you rely on motivatio