At this time of the making of resolutions, let us remember the words of Samuel Pepys, who was smart enough on this day in 1664 to realize he was over-promising:
At my office til 12 at night, making my solemn vowes for the next year, which I trust in the Lord I shall keep. But I fear I have a little too severely bound myself in some things and in too many, for I fear I may forget some.