Rethinking New Year’s Resolutions

This year, instead of pursuing lofty, aspirational goals that may ultimately be harder than they need to be, let’s reframe goal-setting to be more realistic, more caring, and more tailored to our real lives.

Raise your hand if you’ve ever written out a carefully-planned, meticulously-considered list of goals in December, envisioning a new you and a new life in a new year—only to meet February with a slightly blasé attitude, jaded by the long winter, and a little crestfallen that none of your goals came to pass.