Resolutions 2021
ILLUSTRATION: MANJULA PADMANABHAN×
This year, on Facebook, I saw that someone had posted a list of EASY RESOLUTIONS. I didn’t copy them down but they were like: “In 2021, I resolve to (1) Eat Too Much (2) Sleep All Day (3) Take Hot Showers.” You get the idea, right? Cut yourself a break because hey! No one else will.
So here are 21 of what I’m going to call Win-Win Resolutions
1. Wake up every morning. Or afternoon. Or whenever. The main point here is, Wake Up.
2. In order to help yourself wake up efficiently, set the alarm on your Smartphone to a gentle musical tone, so that your first moments are pleasant. My alarm, for instance, sounds like a very spaced-out butterfly wandering into a wind chime. It makes a calm, tinkly sound. Plus, I keep the volume of the alarm so low that, basically, I’m not alarmed at all.