Resolutions
I've never been one to make New Year's resolutions. It's not that I don't believe in self-reflection or the power of declaring your intent to make positive changes in your life. I don't think I'm perfect or that I don't need those little adjustments. We're all capable of honing ourselves by whittling away the bad habits and starting new healthy ones. It's just always felt a bit artificial to make some grand pronouncement about how you will change just because the old calendar is going in the trash can. (And if you're going to make a change, how about putting it in the recycling bin or investigating ideas for turning it into something new?) When it's timely to change my ways, I will. I won't wait for January 1, and I won't doom myself to failure by trying changes I'm not ready for just because I feel new year pressure. Nevertheless, I do make Chinese New Year resolutions. Not logical. I know. ...