New Year's Resolutions? No thanks.

It’s January 3. Have you broken your New Year’s resolutions yet?

I’ve never been a fan of annual resolutions. There, I said it. I won’t make them. I resolve nothing. In 2019, I’ll be the same bad-habit-having, pasta-eating, sleeping-too-late ray of sunshine I was last year, and I don’t even feel bad.

I’m not against self-improvement in any way — far from it. But framing the first of the year as the magical time to make major life changes never struck me as practical. For generations, the beginning of the year has been linked to a fresh start, when gym ellipticals are packed and everyone you kn...