A Guide to Making This Your Best Year Ever offers advice on reflection and creating rituals and structures to support focused goals in the new year.

via Zen Habits.

Thai Chicken Noodle Bowls come together quickly in the Instant Pot with a flavorful sauce that does double duty as a marinade and noodle dressing. via Williams Sonoma Taste

On *Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny*, Ed Sheeran covered Eric Clapton's iconic song "Layla," which was originally written about Clapton's love for Pattie Boyd (George Harrison's wife at the time).

Valet Magazine's "Get a Jump Start on Your Day" explores the author's journey to a more fulfilling routine by becoming an early riser.

Azeem Azhar predicts 18 exponential changes in tech for 2018, including the growing power of tech giants and AI's impact on jobs. Read all 18 predictions at https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609961/18-exponential-changes-we-can-expect-in-the-year-ahead/.

via MIT Technology Review

This article showcases the top 10 appliance designs from 2017, including a Beetle-inspired coffee machine and a toaster-like laundry appliance. These designs aimed to address everyday user frustrations with innovative solutions.

For New Year’s resolutions in 2018, the folks at PUNCH magazine asked people in the food and drink world about their drinking plans for the year. via PUNCH.

PUNCH shared their 12 favorite stories about drinks from 2017, covering topics from Heady Topper beer to the impact of California wildfires on the wine industry. via PUNCH.

Kenji Lopez-Alt shares his favorite recipes from 2017, including easy family meals and more elaborate dishes. via Serious Eats.

McSweeney's humorous obituary for 2017 sarcastically summarizes major events and trends of the year. via McSweeney's Internet Tendency

Researchers were able to pinpoint historical events like the fall of Saigon and the Yom Kippur War by analyzing communication spikes in US government records.

Chris Albrecht predicts six food tech trends for 2018, like the rise of meat and dairy alternatives and robots in restaurants. via The Spoon