It’s a new day, a new month, a new year, and I have so much on the ball this year: seeking a new career, writing a novel, various other projects in the pipeline, and trying to restart new good habits and maintain others. I still have to create a schedule for it all–as we all know, that’s the easy part (please note the tongue in my cheek).

In several areas of my life, I’ve really let myself down last year, but I don’t plan to repeat that this year. That means not being so lazy; if that means waking up before the roosters on some–or most–days, then so be it. I’ve always wanted my life to be different from what it is; now it’s time to do something to make that happen.

Looking beyond myself and my own stupid life, I have, within recent weeks, entertained fantasies of things I can do to help those less fortunate than myself, and using whatever resources I have, and get my hands on, to give people who are struggling a hand up; this year, I start making those fantasies a reality, in one way or another. Also, I plan to give my take about issues at the local provincial, national, and international levels more often than I have in the past.

One thing I’ve learned within the past year–articulated for me by the Netflix series The Fall of the House of Usher–is that a resolution is a deal you make with the future, and that keeping resolutions requires resolve. So this year, I resolve to find, and maintain, my resolve, and achieve all of the goals I can.