I don't typically make New Year's resolutions. Firstly, I can't keep the resolutions that I make, like writing on this site regularly, regardless of whether there are boundaries set by the calendar. Secondly, I don't see the importance of needing to make changes to my life just because the year has increased by one; like a speedometer showing all zeroes.

But the last few years have been a struggle. While I'm lucky to be working in a field that I absolutely love, the pandemic pushed me to work harder than I've ever had to do. Normally that would be good for a workaholic like me, but I was already finding it difficult to not let my work hours encroach into my personal time. Between needing to work from home (which I had pretty much stopped doing before March 2020) and having many more extra tasks asked of me, my work-life balance was out of whack.

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