My New Year's Paradox - How do you measure happiness?

As a new era dawns, and the start of a new year draws closer I wonder what goals I should set, what targets I should meet and how best I can go about doing this. Isn’t that what New Year’s resolutions are about, the setting of attainable goals that can be achieved within the coming year? For me the coming year’s resolutions are presenting somewhat of an oxymoron. On the one hand I want to set goals so that by the end of the coming year I can measure my progression. But then on the other hand when I look at the things that I actually want to improve or set in motion I am confronted with a startling truth that the goals I really desire starts within. For example, I have a great group of amazing friends that bring me nothing but positive energy and fun vibes. And one of my new year’s resolutions is to keep surrounding myself with positivity and positive people (after so many years of doing the opposite). Or living each day with an open heart and a happy soul, so that each evening before I lay myself to sleep I can be content with the knowledge that I lived each day... not taking for granted this precious limited time that we have here on earth. For me these are the resolutions I want to abide by. But the question I ponder on is how do we measure happiness or positivity? A New Year dawns, and a fresh chapter in an aging book is staring back at me. Like the reflection in a mirror I recognise the appearance but it is blurred, distorted, I can’t make out what’s on the other side. So I sit here, typing, and wondering, what this New Year will bring. Is it really worth setting New Year’s resolutions upon which results are evaluated at the end of the year or do I sit back and take every day as it comes, aiming to make each coming day better than my last – confident in the knowledge that tomorrow isn’t promised to no one, the only thing that is certain is today.