By Emi Gruender
As every January 1st rolls around, New Year’s Resolutions appear in droves. “This year, I’ll go to the gym every single day!” or “This year, I’ll commit to a gluten-free diet!” And inevitably, as the weeks progress, these resolvers drop like flies and the gyms default to their regular population, and bread starts to disappear off the shelves again.
In my opinion, these resolutions are simply no fun. The motivation to change yourself can start at any time during the year— and it must come from a need that is stronger than the weak pull of a New Year’s Resolution. But this tradition needn’t die out— on the contrary, in fact. This year, try to make a fun New Year’s Resolution, and it might make your coming 2025 “your year.”
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FOR THE FUN-SEEKING
- Try as many different types of cheeses that you can find.
- Meet 25 people whose names start with the letter “J.”
- High five as many people as you can every single day.
- Cook as many different types of soup as possible.
- Eat every type of pasta, and discover just what the Italians were up to.
- Pick a restaurant and go to as many chains of that restaurant as you can.
- Play charades with people while you’re waiting in line.
- Learn how to do your own nails—fancily.
- Climb as many trees as you can.
- Learn the art of origami and fold 1000 paper cranes for a wish!
- Bring a journal everywhere you go and stick trash in there.
- Make short movies with your friends.
- Start walking and wander for the entire day. Make it a routine.
- Take a picture of every single star shape you see.
- Visit every 7-Eleven in your area.
- Start doodling people in a tiny little book in public. The more low-quality, the better.
- Start looking for fungus or mushrooms, everywhere you go.
- Go up to every person wearing camo, and say “Woah! Where’s your (camouflaged body part)!”
- Master as many accents as you possibly can. British, Australian, Chinese, Irish?
- Taste as many spicy things you can until you have a godly spice tolerance.
- Just try to be better than you were the day before.