To my delight, Downton Abbey returned on the air this week. The heavily buzzed about season premiere was in one local critic's opinion, embracing more tired cliches that make it both "wonderful, and even more of what makes it maddening." For some reason our society loves to hate cliches - probably for their lack for originality, which in turn seem to make their intent less than credible. But sometimes, a spew of cliches is exactly what we need. I sat transfixed to the TV during the premiere, loving every cliche that was delivered. The writers knew there would be people like me to eat them up.

There's nothing tired about a cliche that holds valuable truth. And with the start of 2014 I intend on participating in the cliche of making a new year's resolution to write more. It's a new year, and a new beginning.