“Last Week Tonight” won't return until February 14, but John Oliver and company have tried to make the wait more bearable with web exclusives.
In the latest, Oliver reminds us that New Year's resolutions always lead to disappointment and failure unless we set truly realistic goals for ourselves — or adjust the resolutions we already made so that they are actually achievable.
There's also a third option: just make them so big that there's no chance we'll succeed in the first place.