Louise O'Neill: Getting past New Year's resolutions, and taking it one day at a time

"I didn’t magically become another person when the clock struck midnight, as much as I wished I would."

Picture: Miki Barlok

New Year’s Day is a funny one for me. I remember all those years, waking up on January 1, and promising myself that things would be different this time. This day, this week, this year.

I would be different. I would be better. This was the beginning of my new life. It never lasted for very long, of course. I would quickly find myself caught up with the same thoughts, struggling with the same behaviours, because I was still me.