2024 : New Year, Fresh Goals!

It is 2024! Four days into the New Year, it is the time for reflection, renewal, and resolutions. The season for traditional New Year resolutions is ongoing. Individuals are  resolving to continue good practices, change an undesired trait or behaviour, accomplish a personal goal, or otherwise improve their standards with the beginning of the calendar year. People, of all walks of life are currently setting achievable goals for the New Year which is generally a self-improvement task aimed at motivating them to make significant strides to pursue their objectives head-on.
“Cheers to a New Year and another chance for me to get things right”, this is a quote from a Yaounde citizen when Cameroon Tribune reporters asked what was her New Year resolution. To be more specific, the individual who opts for anonymity says in reality, at the start of each year, she sets up certain resolutions which she ends up abandoning along the way. Within this backdrop, she had opted to get things right by ensuring that whatever she has to do, should be done as required. However, there are others like Regina A, with more specific resolutions such as to be a better listener and be present in the moment for whoever will need her. Regina said she will increase her workout time from 30 to 60 minutes, six times a week. This, she says, is to enable her not only to ensure weight loss, but also to reduce other health risks while also improving her ability to do daily activities and prevent falls.
Another individual, Riku K. says she is determined to be intentional in expressing love and care to family and friends while also being diligent at work and more committed in all her undertakings as a senior civil servant. Riku says she...