We're good at starting the New Year measuring ourselves, aren't we? At weighing ourselves and being disappointed. At weighing our lives and our lists and our last year's resolutions and realizing we failed to follow through. Again. We make ourselves promises like -- this is the year I'm going to lose 25 pounds. This is the year I'll quit smoking. This is the year I'll finally pay off my debt. This is the year I'll go after that job, write that book, finally figure out how to get a handle on my temper. We make ourselves these promises but we