We're not even a week into the New Year and you're probably already feeling the pressure of your resolutions. Get out your list and get ready to overhaul it with the One-A-Month technique for a better shot at year-long personal growth.

You've got 525,948 minutes and a few spare seconds to work with in 2011. You know the speed at which they'll fly by. Grab a few of them for real reading, "Quiet Time", goal-setting and other important things.

Your Android is always with you, and it's a great tool for tracking your exercise, logging your diet victories and slip-ups, and encouraging you to take your fitness farther. Try out these Android apps with your goals for the new year.

About 50 per cent of the population makes new year's resolutions, but how many of us actually keep them? As it turns out, the act of making a resolution might be your first step towards failure. Here's why.

Maybe the frustration from trying to keep your resolutions has made you angry unintentionally, but that anger may just help you keep those resolutions after all if you focus it on what you want.

Bad habits are one of the biggest targets for resolutions in the new year, but very prone to failure. Replacing bad habits with new behaviour can be tough, but it's not impossible. Here are a few great tips to help.

The Smithsonian Institute previously provided tips on preserving old photographs, but your digital photos could use some tending as well. Here's how you (or your photo-obsessed relatives) can future-proof precious shots with better naming, backups (off-site and USB) and smarter photo picks.

Dear Lifehacker, Over the holidays, I let my food consumption get out of control. Now I'm trying to get my appetite back to normal, but my stomach's stretched out and I'm hungry all the time. What can I do? Signed, Too Hungry for Healthy

Looking back on your choices last year, you may have made some good decisions and some bad ones. As you take on 2011, here are our favourite methods to aid in better decision making.

It's that time of year when we all start to make "New Year's resolutions", which is a fancy way of saying we'll try forming better habits. Here are a few tips to make sure they stay habits beyond the month of January.

Distracting yourself from the thing you're desperately trying not to do—eat sweets, smoke a cigarette, check Reddit—is one of the most effective willpower boosters. And taking a walk, it turns out, is one of the best ways to distract yourself.

Anyone who's dieted knows how difficult sticking to it is. Most diets aren't one-size-fits-all, and even if they were, it's hard to skip that second slice of pie now when you won't notice the effects for weeks. Technology to the rescue!

It's the start of a new year in which we can do better and be better using everything we've learned in the days behind us. If you could give only one piece of advice for 2011, what would it be?

Those important computer tasks—like securing, cleaning, and backing up—are like any other resolution: we all say we're going to do them but rarely keep up with them all year. Here's our simple guide to staying on track in 2011.