Resolution Redux

I’m not going to make any new New Year’s resolution for 2019. If I make one and fail, I feel like … well … like a failure. Many, many a new year began with a resolution to lose weight.  Forget that.  I did lose a lot last year but only because my daughter gave me a Fitbit, I have a long-legged Wheaton-ish dog that needs to be walked twice a day, and my friend Jeane made me think more about eating healthier.

One year, I resolved to stop swearing. Now, I’m not particularly foul-mouthed, but on occasion, usually when out in traffic, an unwholesome word or two escapes my good intentions.  I’ve given up that resolution. It’s hopeless. Say, I’m waiting to make a left turn, and the person in front of me drags out so slowly I miss the light. It’s usually one of those long intersection lights that only change every decade. Who wouldn’t spit out a few epithets at a time like that?

A few years ago, I finally found a resolution I could live with longer than three or four days. I promised to get rid of my excess material possessions. I followed the “if I didn’t use it for a whole year, I don’t need it” rule, and began taking things to Goodwill or just tossing them out. That’s why I wore my mink jacket to the grocery store one day.

Except for having to go buy a new lasagna pan, it worked for me. I actually stuck to it! I’m renewing that this year, because I still have too much stuff.

I’m also renewing my pledge to stop wasting food. I go to the store, fall in love with the produce department, and buy more than I can possibly eat before it goes bad. No more of that.
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I’m also trying to put into effect my “eat up everything in the house before I buy any more groceries” rule this year. Mainly, it’s because my cabinet shelves need painting, and I don’t want to take all those boxes and cans out and have to leave them on the counter until the paint sets.

Not buying more groceries doesn’t count eggs, milk, things like that, but how many times have I taken a package of … say … cake mix out of the pantry, looked at the freshness date, and wondered if I risked salmonella if I went ahead and used it?

So that’s it for next year–get rid of it, eat it up, or throw it out, and don’t buy any more.

I can do that. I’ve done it before. It’ll be like riding a bike, except I gave away my bike a while back.