New Year's History & Keeping Your Resolutions

Well, 2015 is finally here!

Out with 2014, which I already mentioned in a previous post had been pretty much a terrible year for me on many levels.

In with 2015, which will hopefully be so much more.

Of course, with each new year, people will tend to look for new beginnings with new hope. There is just something about the artificial end of one year according to the Gregorian calendar, and the beginning of a new one, that allows us to mentally wipe the slate clean and focus on new expectations for a brighter future.

Naturally, resolutions are notoriously short-lived. Some people manage to keep them longer than others. But in many cases, if not most cases, they do not last long into the new year.

However, I ran into a couple of links that provide some tips on how to keep your New Year's resolution, if you are interested.

Also, I wrote an article in the Guardian Liberty Voice (GLV) on the history of New Year's Day celebrations, a tradition that actually dates back some 4,000 years ago. This was the last article that I wrote and published for the GLV for 2014, and it took a considerable amount of research. But I felt proud once it was done, and happy when it was published fairly quickly after I submitted it. It was a fascinating and revealing article to write, and I hope everyone will take a look by clicking on the link below:

http://guardianlv.com/2014/12/new-years-in-history/






How to fulfill your New Year's resolutions By Jacob deNobel, Times Staff Writer December 28, 2014:

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/features/ph-cc-new-years-resolutions-20141228,0,5847777.story




Why 2015 might well be mankind’s happiest new year

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2014/12/why-2015-will-probably-be-the-best-year-in-human-history/




New Year’s Traditions and Facts: Do You Know How It’s Celebrated Around the World?

http://www.qualitylogoproducts.com/blog/new-years-traditions-facts-around-the-world/