New Year’s Day. Time to reflect back upon the previous year and make resolutions for the year to come. There are, of course, the easy ones – like, I’ll never eat the entire box of donuts by myself again, or I’ll never wax my back hair again. Sickness and pain – both good things to avoid. Then there are the tried and true resolutions – like, I’ll lose this extra weight before summer, or I’ll quit (bad habit) this year!
2002. The year reads the same looking forward as looking back. And, since most New Year’s resolutions are lucky to last to the next day, let alone the next twelve months, the upcoming year may look a lot like the previous year for most folks. Come summer that spare tire around your middle will still be there from eating way too many boxes of Dunkin’ Donuts (thanks be to the magic of Ultra Strength Tums). And, of course, without the desired weight loss, you feel like you have to do at least something for those summer swimsuit days – so enter the back waxing. Rrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiipppp! Ouch!
Of course, upon this brief moment of reflection, I think this year I really will stop with the donuts and lose that weight before summer! Either that, or maybe I’ll just quit the bad habit of making New Year’s resolutions…