Yes, yes, I know, we all make them. Most of us break them. We start out with the best of intentions. This will be the breakthrough year that we follow up and through. Until some moment in January, when, as the carol, “In The Bleak Midwinter” suggests, so too goes our willpower, our resolve, and our determination. Some of our loftier ambitions, to be totally honest, dissolve somewhere between Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve. For example, I’m cutting back on sweets. But wait, there are still some Christmas cookies to be . . . . . I’m going to get more exercise . . . . . but wait, it’s rather chilly and windy outside today and I might hit an ice patch. Better take the car to fetch the mail. It might be warmer tomorrow and I can start then.
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