Let’s acknowledge that I (a qualified psychotherapeutic counsellor) have used a “swear word” in the title of this blog- “SHOULD”. If there were a handbook to my job, don’t say “should” would be chapter one. Should indicates something that you may not be fully on board with. i.e. “I should take my bin out” however I don’t really, so I can’t say “I would like to put my bin out”. So why does tradition dictate that we “should” make a resolution? What is it about the start of a new year that makes people feel like they need to change something about themselves? Why change? And why do we need a point in the calendar to tell us to start doing something differently.