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Try to succeed with some small but meaningful resolutions this new year
We don’t need new year’s resolutions, we need non-resolutions that win us back time, grow our common sense and allow us to master the small things
11 February 2024 - 00:00
The story goes that it was the ancient Babylonians who kicked off the idea of new year’s resolutions. It was a kind of bargaining with the gods — grand mortal intention for a nod from the divine. ..
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