New Year’s Resolutions
Another new year and another chance to break promises to myself!
I almost never bother with New Year’s Resolutions any more. I mean, honestly, how many of us actually keep them? Sure the gyms and churches are all full in January, but by Spring, we’re usually back to our old ways again. Still it’s traditional, so I’ll share, again, my own little solution to the New Year’s Resolution “problem”.
Back in the day, when I was teaching myself a thing or two about programming, I ginned up a New Year’s Resolution Generator. I based it, in part, on some ideas from the Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Holidays, but I have to admit, I threw in some of my own warped sense of humor. And, I weighted things a little more toward heavier drinking and looser morals because I figured those were the resolutions that would be easier to keep. Also, I figured they’d be funnier.
In any case, it was apparently funny enough that Comedy Central Insider linked it in their blog back when I first released it. Which is pretty cool, no matter how long ago that was. And, yes, when in doubt I do tend to fall back to randomly generated suggestions for how to live my life. In today’s world of chaos and unreality, it honestly doesn’t seem as bad an idea as it used to! So, why not give it a shot yourself? No one will know but us!
And try to have a good year, no matter what happens. Make time to love your loved ones, do good work and add something positive to the world. Or one of the random resolutions. Whichever seems likelier to produce good results.
This post originally appeared on Use Your Words.
