It’s a brand spanking new year, and another chance to “get it right.” I started the year by toasting it with a tall glass of Moscato Sangria. Oops, there goes “Dry January.” No problem, that wasn’t one of my resolutions, anyway. So, this still may be the first year that I don’t break all my New Year Resolutions in the first month. The odds are actually very good this year, because, for the first time that I can remember, I didn’t make any resolutions.
I did not resolve to lose 20 pounds this year. That’s a resolution I’ve made every year for decades, and my weight continued to hover just south of 250 lb. every year. The resolution never worked in the past, so it seems pointless to continue making it. I do have a plan to burn off a whole lot of calories eventually though. When I die, I want to be cremated. That’ll be a sure end to all my weight problems, but I’m more than willing to wait for it.
I did not resolve to learn a new language in 2024. I’ve been trying to learn Spanish for decades, but the little German I learned while in the service still inhabits almost all the brain cells dedicated to learning a foreign language. My new neighborhood is largely Spanish, so I thought that would finally be the jumpstart my brain needed. My first week here I learned how to ask for a pound of turkey, “una libra de pavo, por favor,” but when the counterperson handed me my package, I still reflexively said, “Danke Schoen.” Most of the Spanish people in the neighborhood speak English, so I did not resolve to learn Spanish this year.
I did not resolve to save more money this year. In the Book of Isaiah in the Bible, it states: “Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.” I’m 75 years old, seriously overweight with a heart condition. So, my plan for the future is to eat, drink, be merry and hope that The Bible was just as wrong about tomorrow as it was about a bunch of other things.
I did not resolve to make new friends in the new year. Quite the opposite, I just learned how to “Unfriend” people on Facebook, and I plan to remove all the so-called “friends” there who I do not actually know and who I wonder why I ever confirmed their Friend Request in the first place.
I will get more sleep in 2024, but that’s not a resolution. That’s just that my body insisting on taking more naps.
I did not make any resolutions to visit new places or explore new things. If I can’t get there via YouTube or Google, I’m not going there.
Every year I resolve to declutter my apartment, and every year it just gets more cluttered. So, this year I will not resolve to declutter my apartment. I will just try not to add more clutter, but that’s not a resolution, that’s just wishful thinking.
I did not make any resolutions to learn a new musical instrument. I’m just hoping that I will find one of the old musical instruments that I haven’t yet unpacked since I moved in here.
I will reduce my carbon footprint in 2024. That’s not a resolution, though. That’ll just be the result of me reducing all my footprints in 2024, by plopping my butt in a comfortable chair and sitting there as much as possible.
If you make any resolutions in 2024, I wish you good luck with them. I’m just hoping that I’m still around next year to repeat my lack of resolutions.
Eat, drink, be merry, and have a Happy New Year.
Peace & Love, and all of the above,
Earl
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