Interesting perspective. One that might just make me reconsider my love-hate relationship with new year's resolutions. :)
From the article:
Our lives are not an outcome; they are an ongoing activity. By focusing on the quality of that activity, we are better able to actually make a difference to our day-to-day lives.
When setting resolutions, then, we should ask ourselves not just who we want to be in the future, but who we want to be day-to-day, on the way to that future. As Setiya puts it: