New Year resolutions: Less on self, more on others

Los Angeles City Hall is lit up in pink with the countdown clock illuminated at the top during New Year's Eve celebration at Grand Park in Los Angeles on Dec 31, 2015. — TNS

I have never been good at keeping New Year’s resolutions. I make too many, and they are too grand and unwieldy to ever stick with. I don’t come up with a plan on how to keep them or hold myself accountable. I set myself up for failure every single January.

Scrapping resolutions for 2021 seemed the best thing to do. It’s hard enough psychologically to keep any sense of normalcy during this era of Covid. Why add the extra pressure of meeting unreachable goals?