A New Year

This writer’s new-year resolutions:

1. Get through to the next year. 
2. Stay healthy. 
3. Exer­cise hard so that 
4. I can fin­ish the two books I’m work­ing on. 
5. Write every day. 
6. Become a bet­ter writer. 
7. Write my best book ever. If  I can. 
8. Meet dead­lines. 
9. Think about that next book I might write. 
10. Get the two books sched­uled for pub­li­ca­tion into my hands 
11. Read more. 
12. Lis­ten more. 
13. See less. Observe more. 
14. Stay in touch with family. 
15. Stay in touch with friends. 
16. Be patient with editors. 
17. Be patient with the chaot­ic pub­lish­ing world. 
18. Be patient with myself. 
19. Enjoy life—every day.