It’s a new year with A New Hope. What does the new year have in store? Well, it starts with Blog Post #84. Happy New Year to all readers of Write or Wroy near and far. How did I get another blog post out so quickly? Thanks to Covid, I found some extra time on my hands… I have since recovered and washed my hands of all that extra time. Pity.

The Year in Review: What the greats had to say:

Bill Gates called 2021, “the most unusual and difficult year of my life.”

Jeff Bezos thanked me for helping him get to space this year. You’re welcome Jeff. Note: He thanked every Amazon customer.

Betty White sadly said, “Goodbye.”

Elon Musk briefly mentioned that 2022 was coming before asking, “What will 2032 be like? And “Will we be on Mars?”

Roy Mundheim called 2021 the year of learning… to forget; the move-along year, the year that promised so much and delivered so much crap.

Photo Fun

I want to know. Have you ever seen the snow, coming down on a sunny day?

We had Roy. We had fun. We had seasons in the sun.

Seriously

The past year has not been my best. I wouldn’t be honest if I said that it was a great year for me personally. New ongoing complex health problems, another year of social-limiting restrictions, little travel, novel delays, my own run-in with Covid-19 for Xmas, and a lot of other unwanted mierda; has all led to a feeling of loss of self.

Despite a less-than-ideal year in 2021, I am grateful and appreciative of all I do have. I know and must reiterate that I am fortunate. I still have many great attributes of health, fitness, and physical ability. I continue to write, improve my Spanish, nurture my relationships, and contribute positively in my job. I hold tightly to the many gifts I still have. Now I reach, more than ever, for the resilience, adaptation, determination, and persistence which has defined me and my adult life so far. I will need every bit of all those, and then some, to push forward into the year ahead.

I’m hopeful to share some of my 2022 journey here. I’ve got new goals prioritizing health and fitness. I am determined to complete my first novel. I am looking to incorporate new aspects to my life; meditation, stress-reduction, self-care, positive mindset, and self kindness, all while trying to keep the determined, goal oriented, focused goodness that is me.

From the Novel

“Always know that you can decide to be something else, something more, something different. You get to decide who you want to be, how you want to be, what you’re going to do. Choose new. Choose wisely.”

Words of Wisdom

1. Meditate. It can clear your mind to make space for new and better.

2. Stress less. We’re all dead in the end anyway.

3. Be grateful.

Thanks for reading Blog Post 84 and starting the year in the best way that is humanly possible. Let’s make 2022 the best year we can. Happy New Year! It’s now time for the ending jokes. How do I keep coming up with these? Enjoy.

“I tested positive for Covid-19. Now, what are you going to do?”

“Omicron-a-go get tested.”

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Old Jokes Revisited

How bad was 2020?

Rob Thomas renamed his band Matchbox Twenty One.

How bad was 2021?

Rob Thomas renamed his band Maskbox ‘N’ Ninety-Five.

Then he retired from music and took up knitting.

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Covid Restrictions are back. Indoor dining was recently banned. It’s so awful.

I’ve been freezing my ass off on my balcony for breakfast, lunch, and dinner all week.