New Year’s Day is behind us, and I’m happy to announce, that I didn’t make a single resolution. Why pressure oneself like that? I mean, it’s a nice idea, but the probability of changing or accomplishing something, needn’t have a specific starting date. I’m constantly having to ‘change’ enough, in my life...without the benefit of any celebration.
There seems to be a weekly food item, usually a favorite of mine, which I’m forced to give up. Thanks to my three year battle with ever constant stomach issues; my newest indigestible food has become roast beef. The audacity...it’s among my most cherished, of meats. So, since it’s the traditional requirement for us to quit something...there’s mine.
Since the many prescriptions seem to make me feel worse, I’ve decided to sink my teeth into the art of home remedies and holistic medicines. From onion water, to fermented garlic and honey; my goal is to educate myself in the olden ways. So if a wart grows on my nose, I turn green, and start cackling upon my flying broom; mind y’all’s business, because I’m trying to stay alive, over here. There’s my ‘learning something new’ for 2023.
Whilst attempting to learn the ways of the earth; I have discovered interesting woodsy facts from equally reliable and unreliable (depending on the informants) sources via Tik Tok. On this journey of self help, I have somehow managed to acquire twenty four thousand (and growing)followers. I’ve actually started sharing some of my silly, but true stories on there. So, although I was never able to get a book published; I’ve discovered a different sort of platform; to mass share my down home, dim witted, humorously unfortunate madness. I always dreamt of having a book published, but this will have to do. So, there’s my ‘goal’ for the new year.
And there you have it. Three resolutions that I didn’t ask for...but clawed their way into my world, anyway. I’ve been making three resolutions for years, to no avail; feeling underwhelmed and let down with each and every failed outcome. All along, life had a different plan. All I needed to do, was accept it; the good and the bad. Enjoy the good and learn from the bad.
Happy New Year, friends! I wish y’all a year filled with fulfilled resolutions; whether you made them or not.
