No matter where you are in the world, each year starts off exactly the same: New Year + new start = new goals we set for ourselves that somehow always wind up being shelved promises, most likely forgotten about by the time February comes around.
Think back to this time last year.
Has your life changed for the better in the past 12 months because you fulfilled your New Year resolutions?
Can you even remember what those resolutions were?Seeing in the last new year in Sydney, there was no talk of resolutions, because, well, I was in one of the most exciting cities in the world and had the entire year stretched out in front of me; there was no need to write a little to-do list of things I thought might make my life better.
And the year before that, I was with my boyfriend and was all set to move to Scotland in September to get my degree.
What followed was a break-up, a break from college (OK, that was perhaps longer than originally intended) and an unforgettable time spent living and working in Australia and New Zealand with some of the best people I have ever met.
And that's down to good decisions, good influences and a little bit of luck, not a couple of meaningless resolutions made at the stroke of midnight.
New Year's resolutions can sometimes go from being productive to pointless.
For some of my friends, losing weight has become the No 1 resolution this year.
One has taken up jogging, another has joined a weight loss group and another is halfway through her diet of soup (only for a week) that, she says, even though it makes her feel a little faint now and again, definitely works.
This year is full of possibilities and though there are things I would like to achieve, I'll settle for being happy and let life take care of the rest.
Happy New Year!
