To be healthy. To be kind. To survive. When a year comes to a close, many people decide on new intentions, goals, and resolutions, and set targets to achieve by the end of the new year. For example, gyms are famously far more crowded in January than they are throughout the rest of the year, as those who have resolved to exercise still have the momentum that comes with the novelty. For a long time, new year’s resolutions have become the butt of many jokes, whether that be because they are repetitive, unpersonalized goals about diet and exercise, because they’re unattainable, or because life is simply unpredictable. But 2020 was a year that showed everyone just how unpredictable life can be. It seems universal that everyone has been waiting to see the back of 2020, and now it is finally behind us. No one going into 2020 saying it was going to be their year expected a global pandemic that was going to cause a dramatic and complete change in how we lead and manage every aspect of our lives. This led few to hail 2021 as their year, and…
Survival, Improvisation, Motivation: A Shift in New Year’s Resolutions
January 3, 2021
