Carmen, this part of your piece gave me pause. "Thank god that year is over." It made me tear up, actually, because for as long as I can remember, I have had this feeling too. And it is accompanied by some illogical hope and optimism that, "okay, this is it...fresh start....1/1/20xx...reset and hit 'go' ." However, there are two big problems with this. First of all, IT NEVER WORKS. Secondly, and more importantly, it means we are wasting limited time on this planet either regretting or lamenting the past, or hoping in vain for some kind of vague "promised land" in the coming year. I hate that I feel this way, year on year. I want to change this.
Carmen, this part of your piece gave me pause. "Thank god that year is over." It made me tear up, actually, because for as long as I can remember, I have had this feeling too. And it is accompanied by some illogical hope and optimism that, "okay, this is it...fresh start....1/1/20xx...reset and hit 'go' ." However, there are two big problems with this. First of all, IT NEVER WORKS. Secondly, and more importantly, it means we are wasting limited time on this planet either regretting or lamenting the past, or hoping in vain for some kind of vague "promised land" in the coming year. I hate that I feel this way, year on year. I want to change this.