The Perfect Solution to No Resolutions

Do you make resolutions for the New Year? Set goals? Do you resolve to aim higher, faster, stronger (yay, Olympics!)? Many of us make them but, after the first week or two, the bloom seems to fall off the rose. I’m always leery of making resolutions. They never seem to stick.

Why would I want to embrace a goal that I won’t achieve? Yes, it’s what I call nega-talk, but it’s how I think about New Year’s resolutions: hide head in sand. The urge will pass soon enough. Maybe I’ll resolve to take m...