New Year, New Me

It’s that time of year again when we begin to consider all the things we have gone through and done during the last 11 months. Some events we look at with remorse, whereas others elicit a great sense of contentment. While embarking on this intellectual adventure we begin to make all kinds of promises to ourselves regarding which behaviors/events we would like to repeat and which ones should be completely forgotten and sent away into the shredders of Never Never Land!
The New Year always brings with it all kinds of hope and new possibilities. We see it as a chance for making differences in our lives. And when we think of possibilities, we put centralize ourselves in that portrait. We begin to dream of new potential selves and so begin designing the new ‘Me’, creating an image that is in various ways different from what we are now. Some issues we tend to commonly deal with year after year are certain personality eccentricities, physical appearance, activity level, the way you relate to others, the amount of time you spend with the family or friends and perhaps giving up certain habits like smoking and/or eating junk food.
The festive season simply prescribes such fantasies and wishes at this time of year, but they don’t always reach the depths of inner conviction and motivation. Too often they actually gradually fade away like a bad headache. We make some half-hearted resolutions which may be long forgotten after a week or two only to come back and haunt us next December.