Higher Resolution

Instead of wishfully declaring our intended resolutions on New Year’s Day, perhaps we would do better to wait a few months, and then follow up with a list the goals that we actually achieved and behaviors that we successfully adopted. If we dare, we can also admit which resolutions we failed to keep. 

There is already a day on the calendar that is uniquely well-suited for just such reflective reckoning. It falls exactly three months from the first of the year, and it even has an appropriate name: April Fool’s Day. Pull out that list of resolutions on the First of April, and it will become clear fairly quickly where you have been fooling yourself.