new beginnings: Have You Made Your Labor Day Resolutions Yet? - 09/02/13 04:05 AM
 
Originally published in September 2012, updated for 2013
Many Labor Days ago (before everything was online) I remember reading an op-ed piece in the NYT, exploring why Labor Day would make a better New Years Day.
Don't ask me where my keys are, but this article from 20 +/- years ago really hit a chord, and YES, I think of this every year.
There were two premises: First, as a practical matter, there is just WAY too much going on in December to plan, or implement any kind of real change.
Second-the lure of a fresh start- the hope, … (4 comments)

new beginnings: Have You Made Your Labor Day Resolutions Yet? - 08/18/11 10:03 AM
Have You Made Your Labor Day Resolutions Yet?
 
A number of Labor Days ago (before everything was online) the NYT had an op-ed piece exploring why Labor Day would make a better New Years, in that we are used to it representing a clean start, and  presents better  opportunities for new beginnings.
As I remember, the premise was first, there is too much going on at the end of the year...too much stress to be able to seriously affect any real long-term changes you may want to make. 
Then, largely because the start of the traditional school calendar has so ingrained a  rhythm in us, that end of … (8 comments)