On New Year’s Resolutions

On New Year’s Resolutions

Do you make New Year’s resolutions?

Many people vow, as a new year begins, to stop destructive habits, beat addictions, begin healthy practices and start new personal disciplines. Health clubs and fitness centers enjoy increased membership enrollments, as folks sign up for exercise programs. Weight loss centers usually have a bump in admissions as well, as the old year closes and the new year opens.

Folks promise themselves (and others) all sorts of things on New Year’s Eve, or even New Year’s Day.

How long do New Year’s resolutions last?

Have you ever kept a New Year’s resolutions all year long? What was it? Did you quit smoking, lose a few pounds, exercise daily, finish a major project, beat a bad habit, get a new job, read some new books, keep in touch with friends or family members, finish an academic degree, stop swearing, get rid of clutter in your home, drive within the posted speed limit, or what?

Here’s my New Year’s resolution for the coming year. Perhaps these words will resound with you as well:

Foretaste

Limericked Spins As New Year Begins

My new resolution is tragically hip.

Don’t mean to sound sassy, nor prideful or flip.

Still, making a vow

Right here and right now

Seems somehow preemptive to taking a trip.

No wanderlust draws me to dangers without,

And tasty temptations delicious I doubt.

But catching up leaves

And writing on sleeves

May lead to dynamics or creative drought.

Today, as our calendars all are replaced,

A full resolution I make not in haste.

As new bells may chime

The passage of time,

I seek to make memories – to taste and not waste.

c2009 by Linda Ann Nickerson

Posted for a variety of prompts:

Easy Street Prompts (“tragically hip”)

Meme Express (Invitation to Simply Snickers)

Monday Poetry Train (poem/s)

One Single Impression (“wanderlust”)

Simply Snickers (“bold,” “bounty” and “bright”)

Sunday Scribblings (“delicious”)

Weekend Wordsmith (“catch up”)

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