In Cyprus, the New Year starts when we say it does

The New Year is here. Its celebrations have come and gone, and at this time of year a peculiar feeling lingers. It is a season of new beginnings and fresh starts, yet it can be one of the most challenging months of the year.

The pressure to be ‘your best version’ and step back into routines arrives after a feel-good period of shopping, eating and drinking. And what’s behind all this fuss? New Year’s resolutions – a love-or-hate practice that surrounds the first month of the year. Increasingly...