I need you to be you. Let go of the old ghosts. Move beyond the false inner voices that you are trying so hard to please. It is time to find your own voice. To thine own self be true.
Words can lie, say the masters.
It never lies about the true you. There is little to be gained by mucking around in last year's mess. Commit to writing this year the song that only you can bring down into the world. To miss the mark that is you. The Jewish system of mitzvah or performing good deeds is not a laundry list.