It is also a time to wipe the slate clean of all our shortcomings, past mistakes and missed opportunities and begin again with a renewed focus on fulfilling our hopes and dreams.
But all too often, we find ourselves, once again, at the end of a year with little change from the year before.
Those dreams of finding Mr. Right or your resolve to quit being a doormat to a dead-end relationship are still unrealised. And you wonder once again why you cannot seem to make things stick.