NEW YEARS 2024 EDITION
DECEMBER 31, 2023
WARM-UP
We made it through Christmas - we got presents, gave presents, loved, and celebrated.
We are now looking forward to 2024 - a new year (or will it be like so many years - repeated again).
SOME STRANGE NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
Being older doesn’t mean you should give up on planning for the future. In fact, that can help you feel younger and put you in a better mindset. Here are some New Year’s resolutions to help senior citizens live their best lives.
I will don an Oculus headset and beat my grandchild at their favorite game.
I will eat dessert first at every meal.
I will not act my age.
I will use every single senior discount offered this year.
I will do something daring and scare my family to death.
I will adopt five cats and become a crazy cat lady.
I will go out dancing every night.
I will masquerade as my favorite celebrity while shopping.
I will binge-watch my favorite show while eating
I will share inappropriate jokes at the most awkward moment possible.
I will dress up in costume for Halloween and trick or treating.
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I used to kid my students about goals of being married and divorced four times before they reached 30. Or that by age 30, they would be homeless and living under a bridge.
There is an expression - “If you fail to plan, you are planning on failing.”
NATIONAL DAYS
Yes - it is time to gather at Times Square with a million of your closest friends and scream your lungs out when the ball comes down!!!
When I lived in Connecticut, I “thought” about going to Times Square for this big event. (I thought about it for all of five seconds!!)
On Earth, we make a revolution around the sun in 365.25 days. 2024 is a leap year, so those .25 days of a day every fourth year become an actual day. Leap Day is February 29. I have a friend who was born on leap day 72 years ago. This will be her 18th time to celebrate her birthday on the actual day.
With a summer birthday, I always felt sorry for classmates who had birthdays around the 25th of December (Christmas). Did they get Christmas presents or birthday presents? Maybe they celebrated their half-birthday six months earlier (or six months later). One of my bridge group friends had his birthday on December 25th - I’ll have to ask him.
The exactness of 365.25 days isn’t entirely true - we’ll add a second to the year on January 1st. (You won’t notice it - but in effect, it becomes the longest day of the year - by one second!!!)
So, what will 2024 bring?
The most interesting (and scary) is the 2024 election. I’m scared that this country may come apart at the seams. The media will make a lot of money on advertisements. Fingers will point at mismanagement and mistakes on both of the major parties.
Why can’t we get along?
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I will be in bed at my standard time on New Year’s Eve. (After all, I’m working the next day - Dog Sitting!!!)
I have been to New Year’s Eve parties and am willing to have a relaxing New Year’s Eve - watching college football bowl games.
I plan to watch Texas against Washington the next day in the Sugar Bowl (go Longhorns!!!)
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Wrap-up
While I don’t remember all my New Year (especially from when I was less than five years old), at age 76, it starts to be another day.
If you party, be responsible - don’t drink (alcohol) and drive.
Have a great 2024!! Make it memorable!!! (in a good way)
LOVE WINS
LOVE ONE ANOTHER
LOVE YOUR ENEMIES
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
LOVE TRANSFORMS
Karen Anne White, ©, December 31, 2024
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