We usually make plans (resolutions) to do more of this and that in the new year, but what about creating a list of doing less of this and that? Here is my list:

Next year let there be

• less pointing  

• less gossip

• less disenchanted mumbles under our breath

• less snappy responses

• less sighs of impatience   

• less disgusted rolling of the eyes

• less excuses

• less avoidance

• less blame

• less apathy

• less “what’s-in-it-for-me”

• less getting offended

• less proving you’re always right

• less bluntness

• less narcissism

• less poor sports

• less cell phone addiction

• less jumping to conclusions

• less knee-jerk-hate (you people are all alike)

• less cussing

• less rudeness

• less laziness

• less begrudging

• less getting things your way

• less unsolicited opinions

• less breaking promises

• less making promises we can’t keep

• less regrets