Getting Old Business finished is one of the best ways to start a new year. When you have things that are unfinished, whether you are aware of it or not, you are always carrying them in the back of your mind. Think of them as a backpack; you can?t see it but you know it is there. Once is a while, you become aware of the weight of it, but since life is busy you just push old business out of your mind and don?t deal with it. This not only takes up mental energy that you are using to hold the business, but it takes physical energy. When the body has been using up energy for too long, it wears down.