When I was younger, I remember trying to make New Year’s resolutions. I quickly learned that I was the resolution-making type--but the resolution-keeping type...not so much. So, for much of my adult life, I refused to make New Year’s resolutions because they only served as blatant reminders of my impending failure and general ineptness at being Someone Who Has All Her Stuff Together.

As I grew older, I had a change of heart...