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Now that we’re a few weeks into the New Year, I’m wondering how many resolutions made on Jan. 1 are little more than wistful memories.

I’ll venture to say, on behalf of all of us, quite a few.

At least, that’s usually the way it is for me. I’ll start the year raring to go, determined to rate my personal best at whatever goal I’ve set.

However, before I’ve reached the magic 21 days that experts say it takes to form a new habit, I’ve reverted to some of the old ones.

So this year, instead of c… Continue

Every Jan. 1 many of us decide we’re going to eat better, exercise more, pray regularly or become more disciplined about meeting a particular goal.

I’m not pointing fingers, because I’m often in the New Year’s Resolution club, too. And like many others, I routinely fall off of the proverbial “wagon” before it turns a corner.

The tick-tocking of the clock on Dec. 31 is akin to a shedding process. It’s the one time of year that we’re actually open to looking at our lives and assessing what worke… Continue