My cousin Andrea just me the following:

"...Most of us made some New Year's resolutions a year ago, swearing
this year was "really going to be different!" But for most of us,
things haven't changed all that much. And the two big questions
we're now facing as we enter the new year are: 1) Will next year
honestly be any different? and, 2) How do we plan to get more
of what we really want in the next 12 months?

William Miller, who wrote "Your Golden Shadow", pondered the same
questions and came up with some pretty startling answers when he
surveyed people who were dying. In his research, he discovered
most of them would basically do three things differently if they
had the chance to live their lives over:

1) They'd take more risks,

2) They'd assert themselves more, and

3) They'd have a lot more self-discipline."