St Josemaría helps a lot!

[wmpetzall]

Furrow, 996: When you look back on your life, which seems to have been marked by no great efforts or achievements, think how much time you have wasted, and how you can recover it with penance and greater self-giving.
The Forge, 295: Any time is the right time to make an effective resolution, to say “I believe”, to say “I hope”, to say “I love”.
The Forge, 163: You shouldn’t be so easy on yourself! Don’t wait until the New Year to make your resolutions. Every day is a good day to make good decisions. Hodie, nunc! — Today, now! It tends to be the poor defeatist types who leave it until the New Year before beginning afresh… And even then, they never really begin.