New Year resolutions in an era of COVID

New Year resolutions in an era of COVID

People, wearing protective face masks amid the coronavirus disease pandemic, arrange decorations for New Year 2021, near Cairo's Tahrir Square, Egypt. Reuters



Andrea K. McDaniels, Tribune News Service

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?

Instead, I am looking at resolutions in a different way. I won't be committing myself to eating fewer snacks, undertaking early-morning workouts, reading 100 books or not buying so many shoes. All the “how to succeed in