Remember the old days when with best intentions we promised with all our hearts to lose 20 pounds or quit smoking? I have learned through much pain and failure that it is far better to succeed, achieving small goals, than to fall miserable short of something grand but elusive. So here we are, at the threshold of a year full of promise and hope… a baby without blemish. This is my new New Year’s Resolution…..

1. In 2022 I will promise to stop saying damn every time I say Democrat. I’m even going to get over Christian Laettner for what he did to me personally in 1992. Thirty years is long enough to hold a grudge.

2. I am going to finally fulfill my life long dream and become a beach bum. And I want a respectable sunburn in January too.

3. Get a nice tattoo, something with a pirate in it. Maybe get my ear pierced… hoop earrings, and baggy pants. Hell, I want a parrot too and I’m thinking that maybe I just want to transition into an actual pirate.

4. Slow down on my shell collecting. There are shells everywhere and I’m starting to see them for what they really are… sea garbage. The ocean is full of rednecks that just abandon their crap, and it keeps washing onto shore for us to clean up by filling jars and setting out on display. No more. Unless it’s something real nice.

5. This one is always on my list. Every damn year, and every year I’m a little disappointed, but this year will be different. Lose weight. I only need to lose 10 pounds and surely I can lose 10 pounds in 12 months. One pound a month. Not even a pound… 0.833333. I’m getting rid of all my leftover plump clothes because I am committed. Did I mention that losing weight is always on my list?

I hope everyone has the best year they ever had and I hope that every one of us are here to make new resolutions for 2023…. God Bless us all…

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