Change Shouldn’t Be an Annual Thing
New Year is the time for making resolutions, but most of them usually fail. Why?
We often think of the new year as the one chance for self-improvement. But actually it isn’t. There are 11 other months in the year, and you can decide to make a change in any of them. Building new habits isn’t easy, making a new start at once (when needed) certainly isn’t any easier. Combine that with how relaxing a month January often is, not good for making any change, and it’s no wonder that most New Year’s resolutions (новогодние обещания) are not fulfilled. So don’t make any resolutions. Skip the broad proclamations (объявления, прокламации), which you will inevitably burn out on, and instead spend the early parts of January getting back into the flow of things (поток, череда событий). You’ve got all year and all your life to make yourself better.
