Episode 60: How to Set Goals and Create Healthy Habits in 2025

About the Episode

In this special New Year’s episode of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck podcast, we dive into the perennial challenge of making meaningful changes in our lives. Rather than falling into the typical “new year, new you” trap that leads most people to abandon their resolutions by February, Drew and I explore a different approach to personal transformation. We share our own struggles with perfectionism, control, and finding purpose.

We also dig into some research about how evolution may have shaped our sense of purpose, the science of habit formation, and offer practical strategies for making lasting changes. Whether you’re setting goals for the new year or just trying to build better habits, this episode will help you approach personal growth with more wisdom and less pressure in 2025.

Enjoy.

Quotes From the Episode

Most of the value of goals is just that they get you to do something. The goal itself isn’t really that important.

People overestimate how high the bar is to feel a sense of purpose. Purpose isn’t found—it’s generated through doing basic, human things.

Good habits take you out of your comfort zone; bad habits keep you firmly in it.

Letting go of control is terrifying. But if you’re not evolving and changing, that’s death in a creative field.”