Every year on New Year’s Eve, we sit with our glasses of champagne or sparkling cider and watch as the clock counts down to midnight. Many of us are holding onto hopes of a brighter year and finally changing those habits we promised we’d finally get around to. This is a tradition of celebrating New Year’s, which is why people are shocked when I tell them: “I don’t make New Year’s resolutions.” My philosophy is this: you don’t need to wait until a new year to start making prog