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"New year" means "new soul." That's what British writer G.K. Chesterton once observed. Many of us, though, already feel like we've soiled our souls with botched New Year's resolutions. And the rest of us will feel pretty soiled soon

One quality about modern life that no one denies: it's rushed. It's hurried. Frenzied. No one feels like they have enough time. There's a simple explanation: Modern life is fun. It's interesting. Tons of worthy things grab our attention. The adjective "

If the left hemisphere's grip on people's minds can be loosened, McGilchrist says, their perceptions will change. They will see "into the depth of things . . . all at once [and] recognize them for what they are, no longer overlaid by our projections." When this happens,