Do you still make New Year Resolutions? 

If you want to know more about the history of New Year Resolutions, check out this blog post from 2017.

Here are some of the most popular resolutions. You might be a little surprised at #1:

1. Exercise more
2. Lose weight. (I would have put that at #1 – maybe in some lists, it is.) – Always one of mine!
3. Get organized. Yup
4. Learn a new skill. My piano is still sitting there waiting.
5. Live life to the fullest. Covid limits that one.
6. Save more money. I have been doing pretty well at that one.
7. Quit smoking. Thankfully not an issue for me. Or probably most of you at this point.
8. Spend more time with family and friends.
9. Travel more. Covid affects this one too.
10. Read more. How much more can I possibly read???

I looked up suggestions for fun and funny resolutions. I stopped at the first one because I loved it so much:

• Order every drink on the Starbucks menu. I might try that one.

How about resolutions for book lovers?

1. Never be without a book to read. Done!
2. Return library books on time. (There are no overdue fees any longer in lots of places, but I still try to return my books on time. This can be tricky because I might have ten books out with different due dates. I keep track on the library website and read them in order of due dates, renewing the ones I can if I need to.
3. Join a book club. Still haven’t done this one.
4. Read outdoors.  I live in Florida, so I do this every afternoon. Best part of my day except for my morning coffee.
5. Learn your librarians’ names. Haven’t done this one.
6. Finish books you start unless you don’t like them. Yup. Life is too short to read books you don’t like.
7. Explore more genres.  I need to work harder on this one.
8. Read the book before you see the movie.
9. Have your next book ready to read. Always.
10. Declutter your bookshelves. It’s on my list.
11. Write to authors you like – if they are alive. I do this occasionally.
12. Save favorite passages and quotes in a Reading Journal.
13. Patronize your local bookstores. I live in Florida. What local bookstore?  I did when I was in California.
14. Keep a record of all books you finish. Thank you, Goodreads.
15. Give more books as gifts. Why books make great gifts.
16. Visit all the libraries in your county or library system.
17. Don’t look ahead or read the last  page before you get there.
18. Read with others. Have a reading party. Read aloud with others, or to others.

And resolutions for coffee lovers (that’s me!)

1. Try a new roast.
2. Start a coffee club.
3. Drink as much water as you do coffee, so you don’t become hydrated. I try.
4. Make your coffee at home. Saves money. Oh, but Starbucks…..
5. Drink it straight – no cream or sugar or syrups. Not quite ready for that.
6. Stop using disposable cups.

No, we didn’t forget you tea lovers:

1. Invest in a proper tea set.
2. Add new teas to your repertoire.
3. Patronize a tearoom.
4. Try new teatime recipes – sandwiches, sweets, etc. – and see what pairs well.
5. Create a tea escape in your house – or outside.

Whatever your resolutions are, or even if you have none –

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE GRAMMAR DIVA BLOG!