January 3. So far, so good.
Some thoughts on making resolutions. One-minute of inspiration
It’s the third of January and I received a note from a friend this morning saying that she and her husband were working on formulating their 2024 resolutions – something about “watching their diet, exercising more, losing weight, limiting their screen time”. Come on! Who’s kidding who here?
I replied that I, personally, was done setting myself up for failure. I am making resolutions that I have a chance of actually keeping:
1.) Take more naps.
2.) Be dressed by noon.
3.) Worry less about the world’s growing chaos and pain. (Worry helps no one.)
4.) Spend more time writing, less time sweeping.
5.) Learn to tolerate embrace dust bunnies … and weeds.
6.) F**k kale.
I am feeling more positive already – three days in and I am still applying myself with great success.
In keeping with setting my bar to a more realistic low, I send my best wishes out to you all for a bearable 2024, with nearly achievable goals and fewer catastrophic surprises.
Let’s try not to get run down by a bus in 2024, my friends. Or contract some exotic new disease. Or end up in prison for abetting an assassination. It may be the best we can hope for. I figure we all got through 2016 and 2020, could this year be any worse?
In the comments, please tell us a couple of New Year resolutions you could make that you are positive pretty sure you could hold to.
This is perfect, Sharron. My mindset parallels yours in many ways. I haven’t set any goals, but in general I’m trying to sleep more and worry less. So far so good! 😄
Get joy back in my life- that's the only resolution I have.