Turning the Page

The gif in the gadget line-up is about turning the page to start over, to begin afresh, to try again. Life is a lot like that...a re-beginning. Dieters begin new diets on Mondays once the weekend frivolities are over. Students start a new school year at the end of summer and initially try for a strong academic year. Prisoners start life anew when their sentences are served and they are released. 

Is a new beginning a harbinger of success? How many new beginnings go on to be another beginning at another time?  

According to the Farmer's Almanac (a well-known book of days), the best days to start a diet to lose weight are February: 24th, 27th, 28th, March: 16th, 22nd, 23rd, 26th, 27th and April: 18th, 19th, 22nd, 23rd. This book of days talks about best days for fishing, planting, proposing marriage, and so on. 

At the beginning of a new year, teachers and students have a fresh point of view and feel the flush of a new beginning as they start counting down the days to Christmas and then Easter and then the last day...and academic book of days.

491 Days

Do prisoners actively count days of imprisonment?  Until release?  Is their release a true fresh start or do they suffer the label as they try to prove themselves over and over.