Do New Year's Resolutions matter? There is certainly some value in new beginnings, stepping back from the action, and reflecting on what we want to do differently. But how many New Year's Resolutions have you abandoned come February? (It's only 6 days into the year, and I already broke two...) Instead, to deliver on your commitments, adopt a set of small regular (weekly, for example) practices and rituals that give you peace, power and/or freedom, or whatever else you wish.