It’s 2024! We hope you had a lovely holiday season and that your year is off to a good start so far.

The start of a new year always invites reevaluation—and maybe along with that, you’ve identified some things you want to leave behind. But it’s worth taking a closer look at what’s behind your desire to quit something, Shannon Palus writes. “Because a quit, even when it is for good, is rarely clean. And when it comes to most things, do we even really want to quit forever? Or are we just seeking a better balance?”

That’s why we’ve put together a whole package on how to quit—or partially quit—the things that are no longer serving us in a more realistic way:

• Prison forced Amanda Knox to quit alcohol cold turkey. She shares what she’s learned since.

• Novelist Katie Heaney shares why she quit therapy after getting … divorced?

We’ll have more reflections on quitting throughout the week!

And speaking of making a fresh start: Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz explains why you don’t actually need to “detox” after overindulging during the holidays.

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