Screw Resolutions. I Have a Few Declarations.

Get Here Already, 2022

The last several months have been a shitshow. We’ve all been sick, exhausted, nervous about getting sick, and worried about whether we’ll have to (God forbid) pretend to educate our children again as we try to balance work and health and shortages of critical supplies like paper goods. Now, here we are facing another midnight deadline to deliver a handful of optimistic resolutions with the hope of getting a brighter and shinier new year.

Forget that. Past resolutions have been about losing weight or exercising more or eating healthier. I’ve previously vowed to connect with friends and family, spend more time reading and writing, and even make bigger and better plans to travel and see the world around me.

And what happened? I gained weight, fell off the treadmill, and managed to travel as far as my local Walmart to battle 150 of my neighbors for a 12-pack of single-ply toilet paper that was supposed to last my family of five a couple of weeks.

But 2022 can be different. Things have been weird for all of us, and nothing’s gone according to plan. Sooo…hear me out…what if we collectively decided on a radical way of New Year’s thinking for 2022? What if we decided to do MORE than give up cookies and excess caffeine? What if we focused on things that would impact our lives…