ADVICE FOR THIS YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS

DON’T BOTHER

Okay, we’re a week into the New Year and I’m sure a lot of you tried to start 2026 with a proper attitude towards improving yourself. Dry January, diets, book reading, more exercise, etc. etc.  All noble endeavors, I guess.

Sadly, I’m sure a lot of you have already stumbled on some of those wonderful goals, but who cares right? It’s that Buddhist way: “Let that shit go.”

Have a beer, eat that donut, only peruse the New York Post headlines, and cancel that membership to the local Planet Fitness. (Why waste that $15 pm?)

In the long run you won’t feel frustrated by your lack of discipline and you’ll savor that IPA or relish that Boston Cream as its filling plops onto your tight t-shirt as you watch the movie version of that novel you thought you’d like to read…hopefully it’s on Netflix so you won’t even have to bother leaving the house.

Throw out that bathroom scale. Order pizza in. Don’t even attempt to tax yourself by watching the news or in the case of this NY Giants fan, any of the NFL playoffs. Watch incessant F-Troop reruns instead.

Get the dog to walk themselves. Have the liquor store deliver needed libations.  Close the blinds and don’t leave the house and please, don’t surf the internet for deals on beautiful destinations because you don’t want to travel.

WTF?

Yikes, that last bit about not wanting to travel is kind of revealing to you dear reader that this blog entry is farce, except for the bit about being a sullen NY Football Giants fan.

Ugh.

If there’s just one resolution or goal for you during this new year it should be to explore your world, if not the world. Where are you? How did you get here? How DO you get there? Learn, explore, and along the way be kind and be happy with wherever you alight this year, because, well, because it’s a Buddhist way.

IT’S NOT WHAT YOU WEIGH…

One last bit of advice is about exercise. Around this time the gyms are packed with people and their resolutions about “getting in shape.” Don’t worry, the crowds will dwindle soon enough. Keep at it, if only to be hearty and hale enough to enjoy traveling. Be a moving target and remember this always:

“It’s not what you weigh, but what that weight looks like” © by Gregory Dunaj

 

Thanks for reading and looking forward to this new year.

Love Janet and greg

© 2026 by Gregory Dunaj