Editing New Year's resolution (section)

{{short description|Promise or commitment an individual makes around January 1st}}
[[File:Postcards2CardsNewYearsResolution1915.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Early 20th-century New Year's resolution postcards]]
A '''New Year's resolution''' is a tradition, most common in the [[Western World]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rössner |first1=S. M. |last2=Hansen |first2=J. V. |last3=Rössner |first3=S. |date=February 2011 |title=New Year's Resolutions to Lose Weight – Dreams and Reality |journal=Obesity Facts |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=3–5 |doi=10.1159/000324861 |pmid=21372604 |pmc=6444530 |doi-access=free }}</ref> but also found in the [[Eastern World]], in which a person resolves to continue good practices, change an undesired trait or behavior, accomplish a personal goal, or otherwise improve their behaviour at the beginning of a [[calendar year]].