People talk about hating resolutions yet they are jumping all over the question, “What word describes 2024 for you?”

It’s the same thing.

And what have you accomplished in dropping one word? And look at the energy you wasted pondering which word to choose. Are you doing to wake up every morning, remember your word, and go like gangbusters putting that word into practice?

The best summation of how to venture into 2024 was in an essay that was part of an advertisement, entitled RESOLUTIONS ARE BULLS#*T. 

“What really counts is waking up every day and treating it like it’s day 1, resolving not to give in.”

In other words, it’s developing a lifestyle, regardless the year, the month, or the day. It’s waking to be diligent in making the most of the day. Whether you are quitting smoking, running miles, or writing, you get up and do it. You don’t go to bed until it’s done.

Soon it’s a habit, and you become eager to do it and reluctant to put your head on a pillow without it being done.

Forget that it’s 2024. Just decide to be resolved.