Well I'm off to a strong start on the new year, making such a strange statement and admitting that I never play the New Year's Resolution game. You know the routine.
Dancers are smarter than all that.
By constantly working, evaluating progress, and making the necessary adjustments along the way. Success is, as they say, in the details. A successful dancer does not decide to wait until January 1 to correct a flaw in her technique. She fixes it when she becomes aware of it. I'm linking them here.