Sarah Harte: Feeling more content in 2026 can start with looking beyond yourself

Tracing your gratitude back to its source prompts you to consider not only the good things that have happened, but also the people in your life who have helped make them happen, even in small ways.

Is it possible that the tenets of Western thought, which encourage us to view ourselves in highly individualistic terms, often in a win-lose mentality, hamper our ability to look beyond ourselves and feel content?

New Year’s Eve is the last hurrah before gluttons look in the mirror and say, "Enough."

Of course, ascetics judge those of us who subscribe to the Wildean idea that the only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Presumably, some of them get an arid kick from watching us being dragged kicking and screaming away from excess and fun.