Resolve

– The New Year is moving on apace. A third of the way through January. Practically.
– Indeed...
– And yet –
– And yet?
– You do not seem to have made any resolutions.
– Haven't I? Well, it's not the sort of thing you can rush into.
– I think it is. In fact, it needed to be rushed into ten days ago.
– I don't know... Is there much point? People make them, and then within a few days break them. I've just cut to the chase, and avoided the tedious intermediate stage of having to think up something that I know I haven't a hope of achieving.
– But you're missing the point. That's the fun of it: imagining how you would like to improve yourself, coming up with a plan of how to achieve it, and then trying your darnedest to get there.
– ... Did you say darnedest?
– Yes. And I meant it.