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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
This [[:Category:New Year|New Year comic]] is a little reminder that it's the {{w|new year|last day of 2012}}, and it's time to make your {{w|New Year's resolutions}}!
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This comic is a little reminder that it's the last day of 2012, and it's time to make your resolutions!
  
[[Cueball]] wants to break a very common habit of resolving to do something (go on a diet, for example), not doing it, and then trying the same, dysfunctional plan again, thinking it will work "this year." This is another way of stating a common folk definition of [[1657: Insanity|insanity]]: to keep doing what you always do yet expecting different results.
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[[Cueball]] wants to break a very common habit of resolving to do something (go on a diet, for example), not doing it, and then trying the same, dysfunctional plan again, thinking it will work "this year."
  
 
The irony is that Cueball resolved the same thing last year, and it is implied it didn't work, but he says it'll be different "this year."
 
The irony is that Cueball resolved the same thing last year, and it is implied it didn't work, but he says it'll be different "this year."
  
 
The title text is a parody of the saying "if at first you don't succeed: try, try, try again."
 
The title text is a parody of the saying "if at first you don't succeed: try, try, try again."
 
See [[1027: Pickup Artist]] for a comic describing a similar psychological problem.
 
 
==Transcript==
 
:Cueball: I'm scared of being stuck—thinking I'm fixing things about myself but never actually changing.
 
:Cueball: My 2013 resolution is to break out of loops. To recognize when I'm not making progress, stop yelling at myself, and try a different approach.
 
:Out of panel: Wasn't that also your resolution last year?
 
:Cueball: Yeah, but ''this'' year's gonna be different.
 
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
  
[[Category:New Year]]
 
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
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