New Year’s Resolutions in the Service of Others

For 2024, what if we devoted one of our New Year’s resolutions to strengthening, in our own small way, our corner of the world?
New Year’s Resolutions in the Service of Others
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Jeff Minick
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Did you make and keep a 2022 New Year’s resolution?

If so, congratulations. You’re part of a select group. At least according to one study, only 9 percent of Americans who commit themselves to change in the New Year actually finish this marathon. In fact, by the end of January, up to 43 percent of us—I am usually in this company—have already abandoned our quest to lose weight, get into better shape, or save money.
Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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