I find birthdays to be great temporal landmarks, too. Starting a new project or aiming to have something completed by that date - regardless of the year-ender piece. It has been, and hopefully continues to be, a much more fruitful starting position for changing habits and acquiring new skills than the beginning of the calendar year.
That's a marvelous approach. There is a principle of Ikigai that speaks about being better by your next birthday. Using the temporal landmark of your birthday to focus your energies on a change you want to make.
I find birthdays to be great temporal landmarks, too. Starting a new project or aiming to have something completed by that date - regardless of the year-ender piece. It has been, and hopefully continues to be, a much more fruitful starting position for changing habits and acquiring new skills than the beginning of the calendar year.
That's a marvelous approach. There is a principle of Ikigai that speaks about being better by your next birthday. Using the temporal landmark of your birthday to focus your energies on a change you want to make.