The Future is now, the Future is here…welcome to the Future! ‘Tis true, there will never be another 2023. It couldn’t get any worse than 2023, what with the horrible weather, horrible wars and all the fussin’ and fightin’ over politics.
So, how many of you made a New Year’s resolution? Raise your hand if you did. Next question: How many of you actually kept your resolution? That’s what I thought, hardly anybody ever does. But I kept mine by firmly resolving to never make another New Year’s resolution.
Let’s turn over a new leaf, baby, and let’s make promises that we can keep and call it a New Year’s resolution. I know we can do it, I’m gonna keep my promises, I’m gonna hold on that we can do it, baby. Oh. It’s not too late… (“New Year’s Resolution” – Otis Redding and Carla Thomas – 1967)
According to a survey by Forbes Health, the most common resolutions for 2024 are improving one’s fitness and saving more money. Now, those are lofty goals, but just how long do most Americans who make resolutions keep them? According to researchers, only 9 percent stick to their resolution. In fact, research shows that 23 percent of people quit by the end of the first week, and 43 percent by the end of January. As for myself, so far, I have stayed true to my resolution not to make a New Year’s resolution. Let’s hear it for me!… Hey, you, how come you’re not clapping?
You may ask, “Uncle Mott, just what is a New Year’s resolution?” Well, I’ll tell you one thing for sure, it’s something that goes in one year and out the other. “Ha, ha, ha, Uncle Mott. That’s funny, tell me another one, Uncle Mott.”
OK, child, here goes: Why would you stand on one leg on New Year’s Eve? “Oh, I don’t know, is it because you hurt your other leg?” No, silly, it’s so you can start out the new year on the right foot… Hey, how come you’re not laughing?
OK, that’s enough silliness for now. I hope you and yours, if you have a yours, had a wonderful New Year’s Eve. Auntie Rhea and I spent our New Year’s Eve in Laughlin, sipping champagne and watching the balloons drop. The following is not a resolution, it’s more of a wish, so we truly wish and hope that the new year will usher in an end to pestilence, plague, homelessness, hunger, hatred and war, and that people stop hurting each other, worldwide.
Baby, before we fall out, let’s fall on in, yeah, yeah. Oh, and we’re gonna try harder not to hurt each other again.
Keep it flyin’,
Uncle Mott
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