Every Year about this time I make New Year\u2019s Resolutions. Why? Because it\u2019s what I do. I admit that I often times (usually) don\u2019t keep these resolutions, but that\u2019s not the point. Resolutions are a way of expressing one\u2019s desire to change something in ourselves or adapt to a new challenge. I usually make a sincere effort to keep my resolutions and as I\u2019ve mentioned before, when I fail, it\u2019s usually because of forces beyond my control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it\u2019s still fun to ring in the New Year with fresh set of resolutions. Every new year is a fresh start with new goals to achieve. I suppose there was once a time when setting New Year\u2019s resolutions was considered a serious thing\u2026. not so much nowadays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But as I always do, her\u2019s my resolutions for 2023:
* I resolve to unsubscribe to all the (un)helpful e-mails that try to sell me stuff that I don\u2019t want and can\u2019t afford.
The number of these I get seems to have increased dramatically lately \u2014 I\u2019ve tried to \u201cunsubscribe\u201d to a few of them, but they keep coming back. This year I\u2019m going to finally get rid of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* I resolve that I will not act my age.
I realize that I\u2019m getting older, but lately I\u2019ve been acting older. Just because I\u2019m over 80 doesn\u2019t mean that I have to act like I\u2019m that old. This year will be a new, younger (acting) Jimmy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* I resolve to make the usual unusual.
It\u2019s become apparent that I\u2019ve gotten into a rut, doing the same things day in and day out. This year I vow to try to do one small thing differently every week.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* I resolve to learn something I never learned as a child.
Thinking back, I had a pretty dull childhood \u2014 there was lots of stuff I could have learned about but didn\u2019t. This year I\u2019m going to learn to do something that I never did as a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* I resolve to do something nice for others every day<\/s> week.
After thinking about it, I changed every day to every week, but I still think this is an admirable goal. I plan to do one nice thing a week for someone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* I resolve to become really good at procrastination.
I know this has appeared on my list for the past few years, but I think I\u2019ll really be able to accomplish it this time \u2014 and if not, the next year for sure. And I\u2019ve got a good start with the long list of things I didn\u2019t accomplish this year, or last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So there you have it \u2014 my realistic list of achievable resolutions for 2023 \u2014 all intended to make me a better person. I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s been a year since I didn\u2019t become a better person, but I\u2019m looking forward to 2023 and a better me.
Check back here about this time next year and I\u2019ll give you my honest evaluation of how i did.
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Every Year about this time I make New Year\u2019s Resolutions. Why? Because it\u2019s what I do. I admit that I often times (usually) don\u2019t keep these resolutions, but that\u2019s not the point. Resolutions are a way of expressing one\u2019s desire … Continue reading