Do You Really Need the New Year to Make Resolutions?
Author Vijay Eswaran Shares His Thoughts on Personal Resolutions By Vijay Eswaran It’s that time of the year when most people quit their resolutions for the New Year-- to lose weight, organize closets, clean out the attic, stick to a budget. Sounds familiar? Now think about this for a second. If you really, really want to do any of this, why wait for a particular day on the calendar to go for it? Many years ago, in my more adventurous youth, I was part of a rally of cars driving through the foothills of the Himalayas. Some of the trails that we drove through were precarious and dangerous. We had to stop many times to rest and assess our path. On one rest stop at a campsite high up in the mountains, I woke up to a misty morning and made myself a cup of coffee on our camping stove. As the sun began to rise, I carried my coffee to the edge of the road to take in the vista below covered in swirling mist. And that’s when I noticed a lone monk perched on the edge of...