New Year's Resolutions: A comparison

2019 is officially here. Are you wondering how your life can change in the coming year?  Wondering about new year's resolutions and you can really make the next year count? Are you trying to decide whether to commit to promoting youth civic engagement or to taking off a few pounds?  It’s a hard choice. How will you feel as you are putting each resolution into practice?  I've been there. Let’s compare.

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Youth Civic Engagement

Weight Loss

My car is cluttered with voter registration forms, stickers, plastic candy bowls, and signage I don’t use enough.  These things do not smell bad.

I feel guilty when I pass the kids standing in line at Sunset Boulevard music venues and don’t get them to register to vote.

I have to resist handing out voter registration forms at baby showers and cocktail parties.

I am on task when I am searching for obscure voter registration statistics.  I can do this on the couch.  It is easy.

I am haunted by 2016.

I sleep better.  The next generation will know what to do about this mess.

My kids are embarrassed when I talk to their friends about this.

Jane Fonda tags me on Twitter.

I am helping democracy.

My car is cluttered with old sneakers, headbands, and a gym bag I don’t use enough. These things smell bad.

I feel guilty when I eat breakfast.

I have to resist…  basically everything.

I am on task when I am pretending to like kale.  This is not easy. I really do not like kale. Not even a little.  Unless it is so slathered with olive oil, honey, and lemon juice, and drizzled with raisins and pink himalayan salt, that it is hardly kale at all.

I am haunted by every cookie I’ve had since 1986 - especially those melty chocolate chip ones from the catering place near my office.

I sleep less.  Hot yoga starts at 5 a.m.

My kids are embarrassed when I talk to their friends about this.

Jane Fonda tags me on Instagram.

I am hungry.