Clarity, clear vision, comes only with light.
Light, shines forth, with clear outline with no shadow, make things visible and drives away darkness. Distill and erect the magnificent altar of human reasoning, an unique Greek character, as a torch light in the darkness in human history. Pursuit of self-knowledge as embodied in Socrates, "Know Thyself as the Delphi oracle dictates, elevates our finite life to a higher level. Further diction show that the Greeks enjoy the most in their "pleasure in sights", enjoying bodily contests in Olympic games as well as annual competition on poetic and performances of tragedies.

I can imagines the clear coastal line along the Mediterranean sea, "the wine dark sea" as Homer described. Greece, I am coming.....

While I applaud your strong, resolute effort to mark a fresh start, as you stated, we take notice what has gone and distill lessons from what we have experienced. For your last term, in a different British system, facing professors who may have less helpful attitude comparing to US, on a subject that is new and challenging; of course, you might feel discouraged. When we face challenges unaccustomed, not what we have used to, we all get discouraged. But the key differentiation between successful and lesser-so completion lies how we adapt and change and ferment our lesson from it. Reason, my dearest, the light, discerns what belongs to one's effort versus what belongs to one's psyche.

The psyche, a dark corner of our mind it appears, is what responsible to this New Year Resolution I wrote about. We proclaim our Resolution, with all the fan fare, knowing full well that most probably we will not take it to the heart. Because it's a toll order, requires effort that we do not enjoy to do unless being compelled, like lose weight, the most popular resolution. Oh, exercise, the sweating and the rewarding hot shower, why does it become a challenge for people to keep up? Knowing well the benefits but few take to action - why? it seems naive to ask such silly question. Well, because of psyche, the psychological complexes stems out of our dark corners somehow prevent us seeing the reasonable. Light, the reasoning light, the Greek reason and philosophizing is the self-help that guides us.

Knowledge is Action; knowing what's good for us leads to our deeds. But modern critics of Socrates still state that he is naive and does not understand the weakness of our mind.

I would rather naive like a Greek.