It is tempting to think of resolutions as a list made on a single night, under fairy lights and fireworks, then abandoned in the harsh reality of January’s second week. But resolutions, if watched over a lifetime, are less like lists and more like the waistline: each year adds a millimetre or centimetre, or even a few inches, of intention, compromise, and experience to us. A resolution is not only what we promise to do; it is what we believe about choice, about time, about wh