I don't know that I feel more virtuous by having New Year's Resolutions. Along with just being an exercise in focusing my time and efforts, I often feel like making resolutions are more some sort of mind hack—it's a way to get done things that I vaguely want to get done, but need some sort of kick to realize. If I don't accomplish those goals, then it's less of a failure and more of an indication that maybe I need to use a different tool than a resolution or possibly just reconsider that goal.