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New Year’s resolutions? What New Year’s Resolutions?

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So here we are, beginning of a brand new year, and behold: all the New Year’s resolutions lists, quotes and tips. How painfully exhausting ! Every end-year, we  get overwhelmed into a sudden realization that years are flying and we should strive to make each year more meaningful. Which is understandable. But the whole “new year- new me” thing is a little overrated, isn’t it? I find it quite redundant.  First of all, the notion of a new year’s resolution is ridiculous. I learned a long time ago that there is nothing particularly magical about the first day of January that makes you more determined to change your circumstances , and this is the first thing you should understand. Promises of hitting the gym more often, drinking more water, being kinder to strangers, learning new things and spending more time with friends and family... I think that anybody that waits for a new year to be a kind person is a deuchebag and anybody that waits for a new year to live healthier is not