Where do New Years Resolutions originate from?
Lil princess, I don’t think anyone started it. We are used to thinking of time as a straight line on which we move only in one direction and in which no point will repeat itself. But we seem to live our lives as if we were in a cycle, which makes sense since the earth does move in a cycle and we remember that fact each new year. So many cultures celebrate the end of one cycle and the beginning of a new one. That usually implies getting rid of the bad things that the old cycle left us and starting afresh with enthusiasm and positive feelings. So we turn the new year into an opportunity to start all over again, do things right and try again to accomplish the dreams that we abandoned on the way. That is why we make a commitment to ourselves in the form of New Year’s Resolutions. We give us the chance to start all over again, because the new year gives us a new beginning and the new opportunities that come with it.
