BY JULIE BRANDON

I’ve heard I should make the coming year MY year

To go into it strong

Make good decisions

Take charge

Lose weight

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Take time for self-care 

Visualize the things I want

Presto – they’ll be mine!

Perhaps there’s another way

Go into the new year softly

Forgive myself for so-so decisions

Contribute to a group effort

Eat good food 

Write what I’d like to read 

Care for others who need it

Accept what comes to me with grace

Remember that nothing is permanent and therefore, not mine

Give and receive 

Hold and let go

and most of all, love