10 New Year’s Resolutions That Require Little Effort
Few new year’s resolutions last long. By January 8 most of us are already stuffing our faces with chocolate pudding while fitness instructors are thrilled about how much extra money they have made through no-show clients. By January 14 closets look as messy as they did in December. By January 19 smokers are likely smoking even more than they used to. And when January 25 rolls around you realise it has actually been weeks since you made any attempt to look for a new job. So perhaps it makes sense to be more realistic about goals and resolutions for the new year. Here are 10 resolutions that require minimal effort but are incredibly useful.
1. Don’t answer your phone in a movie theatre (don’t let it ring either)
2. Park in just one parking spot at a time
3. Decide what you want to order before you reach the front of the line at Starbucks
4. Let people exit an elevator before you enter
5. Toss your garbage away when you are done eating at a food court
6. Stand in line instead of creating your own queue
7. Crack your knuckles without walking around your workplace staring at screens of other people
8. Count the items in your cart before entering the express checkout lane at a grocery store
9. Limit spitting to moments when you are not driving along a busy road
10. Use turn signals BEFORE you change lanes
Not sure I can commit to no. 3. But i really hope people take on no. 8. Nothing is more annoying when I just need to grab one thing and the person in front of you has a whole bus load of stuff.
No kidding! I really appreciate cashiers who refuse to serve people with 30+ items in the express lane.
You know, I think I can manage all 10 of those, except, perhaps, for #7, since I work from home, rarely crack my knuckles, and there are no other people around with screens for me to stare at. Otherwise, I’m good to go. Thanks.
If you aren’t staring at anybody else’s screen it sounds to me like you are doing an excellent job of #7
Totally on-board!
My favorite? #3. It vexes me when people wait until they reach the counter to decide via an extensive argument what they want to order…….waited 30 minutes in a line on January 1 in a Mcdonald’s outlet witnessing exactly this!
I honestly wonder why these people don’t think about they want during the 30 minutes they are in line…