Category: New Year's

Cleaning out the Old, Making Room for the New

We’ve reached the end of the year, and the end of a decade. This year, I feel like cleaning up the house, getting rid of things that we don’t need; the things that have been collecting dust for so long. Some of these things made sense in our lives 10 years ago, but [...]


New Year’s Evolutions

Today begins another New Year.  I have mentioned before that I am not a fan of New Year’s resolutions.  They are often hard to commit to, because they are made at an arbitrary, externally given time.  It is much easier to make changes when we have reached our own understanding of why such changes are desirable [...]


Endings, Beginnings

The year is drawing to a close, and a new year is just days away. I don’t like New Year’s resolutions, because they tend to make us look at ourselves as if we’re not good enough, as if our lives aren’t good enough. Our accomplishments and lessons are ignored, and we focus on [...]