New Year’s Resolutions

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For 2024, resolve to:

• floss

• keep socks paired

•keep slippers cleaned

• sort fridge by use-by dates

• keep pencils sharpened

• keep pencils arranged by hardness: 8B, 7B, 6B, 5B, 4B, 3B, B, HB, F, H, 2H, 3H, 4H, 5H, and 6H

• make sure audio and video recordings are in their proper boxes, e.g., cassettes, 8-track, VHS, Betamax, CDs, DVDs, MP3s, MPs

• keep the list of your lists updated

To-dos for first week of 2024:

• Transfer birthdays and other key dates from 2023 to 2024 calendar

• Put Christmas ornaments back in their boxes (in the UK, they go back in their boxes on Twelfth Night, which is 6 January)

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Casting Call for 2025 calendar — looking for PEOPLE who are passionate about things often regarded as dull — and EVENTS that Celebrate the Ordinary

“A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness”

~ Albert Einstein

“Time is a great invention — it’s what keeps everything from happening all at once”

“We don’t try to keep up with the Joneses — who are the Joneses anyway?”

“Glitz and glam — not worth the bother”

“We’re giving a good name to a four-letter word — dull”

“The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer”

~ Edward R. Murrow

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there”

~ Will Rogers

“Slow motion gets you there faster”

~ Hoagy Carmichael

“While it takes courage to achieve greatness, it takes more courage to find fulfilment in being ordinary”

~ Marilyn Thomsen

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