What are your resolutions for the new year of 2025?

That’s our Question of the Week for readers.

First, allow us to share ours: To thank you for being such loyal readers of the newspaper in 2024, and, for so many of you, for many years before that. We really appreciate it, and don’t tell you often enough. We literally wouldn’t be here without you all.

So, here on New Year’s Eve, as you prepare to ring in yet another year in our own ongoing version of the Roaring ‘20s in whatever fashion you may choose — a big party, perhaps, or a quiet evening in front of the fireplace; Champagne and a fine meal, or a cup of chamomile tea; a cold camp-out on the Rose Parade route with a hundred thousand other revelers or an early bed before midnight even comes around — have you thought of any promises you’d like to make yourself come Jan. 1 and all the days to follow?

Do you believe that the old human tradition of making resolutions for the new year is a good one? Or does it just invite failure if the resolutions fall through? National Geographic looked into the history of the practice recently, and reports: “The Ancient Babylonians established the first known practice of setting new year pledges, a tradition that has endured for over 4,000 years. Every Jan. 1, millions of people set intentions to exercise more, spend less, or be kinder—a ritual that feels deeply modern but has surprisingly ancient roots.”

If you have made resolutions — or if this question is prompting you to do so — will they be grand ones on a large scale, or something simpler? All but the ultra-marathoners among us could probably stand to exercise more, to lose a few pounds, to eat healthier — will those be among your goals?

Would you like to patch things up with a friend or loved one? Resolve to get a new job, or work toward a promotion in your current workplace? Travel more? Learn a new language, to play a musical instrument, to write a powerful computer code? Get more adept at technology — or to spend less time staring at your phone or laptop and get out into the natural world?

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