want to address the New Year’s wish thing right off the bat, because I know what you might be thinking:
Isn’t this meant to be a New Year’s resolution article, and you’re confusing wishes and resolutions? Or are you just too late to submit this as a Christmas wish, so you’re pivoting to a New Year’s wish, even though I don’t think that’s actually a thing?
Neither are the case! And I know there’s a difference! But I’d suggest that resolutions and wishes are closely related, and if you do resolutions the way I do them, the success rate is about the same as your standard wish upon a shooting star.