10 resolutions for you to steal for the new year
For the indecisive among us. Plus, the signs as events in 2024.
If you’ve ever struggled to think of something to strive for in the new year, you’re not alone. I’m a deeply indecisive person and I never complete any goal I set. New years resolutions basically feel impossible. However, I have some ideas for 2025 new years resolutions that are achievable that you can use to feel better about yourself.
1. Half-read 12 books
If you have any attention span problems, finishing a book can be hard. But you know what isn’t hard? Half-finishing a book. Pick up a book on your shelf you haven’t read, or take something out of the library, get really into it for a few hours, get half way through, put it down and never pick it up again. Do this every month. Now you’ve half-read 12 books, which is basically six full books. Congrats!
2. Apply for a post-secondary program with no intention of actually registering
Just send in an application. Choose a cheap or free one. Something low stakes. See if you get accepted. You don’t have to actually accept the offer, and if you get rejected, at least you tried.
3. Vow to quit something you never started doing
If you don’t drink, make a commitment to quit drinking. You never started, but you can always abstain. Same goes for drugs, sex, anything habit-forming or addictive. Just say you’re quitting. You don’t need to have ever stopped. And you will feel good that you kicked a bad habit even if you never had it.
4. Start a blog and write one post
The only thing that is required to have a blog is one post. Just start one on any platform, make one post, even just an intro post, and you don’t have to make another post ever again. One post is enough. You are enough.
5. Say “no” to everything
Put your foot down. Stop being a pushover. Just say no. Say no to everything. You don’t need to make choices anymore. Everything’s answer is “no".”
6. Say “yes” to everything
Be open-minded. Be adventurous. Stop being a stick in the mud. Say yes! To everything! No more decision-making. You are a “yes” man now.
7. Devise a plan and do not execute it
Think of something you’d like to do. Literally anything. Legal or illegal, like asking someone out or robbing a bank or something. Make a plan and then do not do it. Making the plan is enough. Shred the plan or delete the document and never think about it again.
8. Choose a favourite director
You don’t need to have watched all of their films, just choose a director you think you like and stick with it. When someone asks you your favourite director you no longer have to think. You just have an answer. An easy one is Quentin Tarantino but you’ll get a lot of follow-up questions from film guys. If you want to not be questioned just say David Lynch and everyone will simply agree with you or nod or something like that. If they ask you your favourite movie just say Eraserhead. No more questions.
9. Pick up a new hobby with a very broad definition of the word “hobby”
Walking is a hobby. Fiddling with your pen is a hobby. Eating food is a hobby. You now have a new hobby! Congrats!
10. Watch one movie you have been meaning to watch
Just get around to that ONE movie. Just one. This could be the only movie you watch the entire year. Just sit down for two to three hours and watch the movie. Now you’ve accomplished something.
Track of the week
Yeah, yeah, I'm so rude, I don't hesitate to call Lucifer, take away my life support, click, over, they're way too attached I need multiple, unconventional, all these people think they know the things they don't.
Need I say more?
It’s just a good song.
The signs as things that happened in 2024
Aries - https://x.com/war_noir/status/1841590124812915091?s=46&t=6m40d0pr4e9nifg7Ffyf4A
Taurus - Yusuf Dikec wins silver in the 10m air pistol event with no special accessories and his hand in his pocket
Gemini - Timothée Chalamet lookalike competition
Cancer - Solar eclipse
Leo - Brat summer
Virgo - Claudia Sheinbaum elected president of Mexico
Libra - 1st Trump assassination attempt
Scorpio - Kendrick vs Drake feud
Sagittarius - Joe Biden walking straight into the Amazon Rainforest
Capricorn - Brazil Twitter ban
Aquarius - Julian Assange freed
Pisces - 2nd Trump assassination attempt