Happy 2024 folks.
I have asked several people what their New Years resolutions are this year and every single time it has been met with utter disgust, so definitely not going to both asking you how those are going!
Unlike the party poopers in my life, I DID make some resolutions because I personally love setting myself up for failure and disappointment.
- Try 50 New Recipes
As someone who used to worry that if I had children they would grow up on cereal, I'm kind of a whole new bitch recently and I'm really loving cooking, so I need to keep riding that wave! I'm personally into cooking cultural dishes at the moment in an effort to get over my fear of cooking meet because until very recently the idea of consuming meat that I cooked made me want to pass away, but she's growing and she's evolving!
- Read 50 books
I go through phases with reading and have discovered I enjoy buying and owning books more than I like actually reading them. 2024 is the year I actually read all the books I own before buying any new ones (literally already failed that part, but the idea was nice in theory!)
- Watch 100 Movies
Confession: I am not a movie gal. Aside from the Barbie movie, I haven't been to the movies in YEARS and when I'm at home I am more likely to rewatch Gilmore Girls for the 900th time instead of picking a new movie. I'm on a mission to change that, though! I originally thought I should watch the top 100 movies (I tried this once in lockdown and quit before I started) but then I remembered I would rather gnaw off my own arm than watch Citizen Cane so catch me watching every chick flick ever made thank you so kindly.
- Limit food delivery
My coworker told me once she feels like a little raccoon scurrying out of her dumpster to run and get her food from the front step before scurrying back inside and honestly, she isn't wrong! This is my only money saving goal of the year because man oh MAN I would hate to know how much money I waste on Uber eats!
- Take More Pictures (Not of Norman)
Fun fact, I never take any pictures of anything aside from my dog. The other day at lunch my friends spent like 5 minutes taking photos of things and I complained the whole damn time I'm a real joy.) Personally, I love that I don't need pictures of an event to know it happened or that I had fun, but as my friend always says, "One day if you have kids they will think you did nothing for like 8 years of your life because you refuse to document anything."
They will know I have a dog though because boy oh boy do I love snapping pictures of that little guy! For example the singular picture I took from Christmas 2023 was Norman wearing his Christmas hat as a scarf.
Side note: My family have this tradition of playing Celebrity Head at the dinner table during our Christmas Eve meal, and Norm was obviously Princess Leia.
And that's all of them!
See? Easy Peezy!
I'm not out here trying to reinvent the wheel, lose 500 pounds or save 1 million dollars. Just a few little things to aim for this year.
