The beginning of a new year always arrives wrapped in promises and good intentions. We vow to move more, live better, learn faster, become stronger. Resolutions are drafted with optimism and ambition. Yet beneath all of that, January whispers something quieter — an invitation to renew. In parts of southern Italy, an old tradition marks the arrival of the New Year: locals throw old belongings out of the window, symbolically clearing space for what’s to come. A dramatic gesture, perhaps, but a powerful one — carrying the message that endings are also beginnings, and that welcoming the new of…