In Review
I've always liked the idea of making resolutions at the beginning of each new year. Even though January 1st is essentially no different from any of the other 364 days on the calendar, it feels like a good time to start fresh and become a little bit better. For several years when I was younger, I would prepare an annual "time capsule" for my family, where we would reflect on the previous year and make a few resolutions for the next year. Because youth is usually marked by rapid change and growth (in schooling, extracurricular activities, etc.), it was always exciting to see the difference from one year to the next. In our time capsule, I would even include pages for each person to trace their foot. Of course, I was eager to see how much bigger my feet were after a whole year, but I now realize that it probably wasn't as interesting for my parents to trace their same-sized adult foot every twelve months. Anyway, despite my now constant-sized feet, each year seems to b...