The five-minute rule
WHILE people get all giddy and excited whenever the new year comes, I feel nothing special. To me, it’s just another ordinary day—a continuation of the day before, which is last year. “New year, new me,”and New Year’s resolutions do not apply to me anymore. Besides, every day is a new day, a new chance to make things better.
Most of the time, promises made or items on your resolution list would just last for a few weeks or months—they’d be left out on one corner: dusty, unfinished, waiting for another year to end until they are made into promises again.
In my Facebook newsfeed, I would always see a significant amount of motivational and inspiring quotes about how one should deal with life. My friends who share these kinds of posts are usually from the University of Santo Toma...