I am made with enthusiasm in January, broken with regret by February, and kept successfully only if I am never used. What am I?
A New Year's resolution
New Year's resolutions are set at the start of the year and notoriously broken shortly after. If a resolution is 'not to do something' (like eating junk food), keeping it means avoiding that action entirely.
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