Mary Oliver is a poet both my daughters enjoy. You might have heard these two lines from her poem The Summer Day:

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do

With your one wild and precious life?”

It’s a new day, a new year, a new you. How can you move full force into your hopes, your passion, your calling today?

No excuses. It comes down to how you will use your freedom today, the actions you will choose to take or not take, your willingness to take responsibility for where you are right now, and the seeds of change you’ll plant in every decision you make.

Or, as another American poet (Jack Kerouac) said, “Go to your desire, don’t hang around here.”