“New Year” Resolutions and Reflections; a new and evolving normal
Living in a northern city traditional New Year resolutions, at January 1st, have never made sense to me. Post New Year maneuvering through ice and slush, while travel companies advertise escapes to warmth on every billboard requires enough physical and mental energy. To add the burden of enforced positive changes, or the quilt of failure is unhealthy. 
Post Labour Day, or September 1st, seems far more workable and practicable. A change in season can be felt but the warmth of the Sun is still there along with the energy of a new school year for families and the afterglow of summer vacations. I have always been secretly jealous of my Jewish friends with a tradition and community that supports a September/October New Year. Having my birthday in the later part of August adds to a life long internal drive to think of September as the point for new starts.
How can we upcycle ourselves going forward this new season and “New Year”? Is it a resolve to work with renewed vigor? Is a renewed effort to find rewarding work in the new economy? Is it a program for manageable health gains; an effort to be more community evolved? How can you, and I, upcycle starting this September?
Upcycled Self 