Write a short story about someone who refuses to write New Year's resolutions.

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“Auld Lang Syne” by George Georgerfrost@gmail.com

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Auld Lang Syne Do you want to know what song I loathe? What song sticks in my craw? Waiting for the ball to drop in Times Square, I hear it in a subtone on my television. Drop already? Why must you drag on my misery? Auld Lang Syne. Robert Burns put one of his poems to a slow marching beat called “Will ye no Come Back” and now I must suffer through this tune with people wearing silly hats much to drunk to do a proper Karaoke. Do you know what Karaoke is in Japanese? I translated into “Kill me quick...

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“Tent Dreams” by G. Miller

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By the time Chip reached the tent the sun was just setting turning the bay into a blaze of yellow and orange. Inside he slipped off his boots, rolled the last of his stash and inhaling deeply settled back to wait for Abby. After a very long day hustling hand-outs, which netted a paltry $13.45, then several hours twirling a "Pizza Now" sign netting another $24.00 he was ready to kick back. On top of that today was New Years Eve. Abby would be in soon; he snuffed out the joint, saving her half. He had a treat for both of them to ring-in the Ne...

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“New Year, Old Sorrows” by Moustapha Mbacké Diop

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It was this time of the year again.As usual, I forced Quentin to go home, assuring him that I could hold the fort by myself. He insisted, but I knew he wanted to leave, to spend time with his delightful daughter. There wouldn’t be a lot of customers today anyways, only reckless people would want to buy a pet on the last day of the year. It did happen two or three years ago, on a particularly snowy day. The pet store had just opened, and I hadn’t decided yet to enlarge my selection of exotic pets, and there were only three sections then: the ...

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“New Years Again” by Eliana Ross

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The room spun in circles. My eyes blurred, welling up with fresh tears and blocking my vision of the room. My stomach twisted and churned, but my body seemed to hold still in a frozen stance, and nothing I seemed to do would allow myself to break free. “Arlo?” A voice echoed. “Arlo, can you hear me? Arlo, answer me!” My lips started to tremble, the shaking spreading to the rest of my body. I tried to fight the quivering, but the more I tried to fight it, the stronger it felt. I noticed a bead of sweat drip down the side of my forehead,...

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“Nothing Out Of A Hundred” by Paige Weber

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A crowded hallway greets me as I pass through our school's gate. Holiday's break just ended, and now I have a new year to deal with, 'new beginning' as they say. I went straight to my locker and grab my book for the first class, which is Literature. I'm a senior high school student who always has the highest grade in the class, though I hate school. And don't even ask me how I maintain my grades, I'm just good at doing things I don't like. While others are good at loving someone who doesn't love them back, It feels the same."Hey, Casey!" Eri...

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“Resolved” by Grace Allen

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It was almost time for me to give my English speech. We had to talk about something that impassioned us. Which is basically a bunch of sandwich meat telling us to not write about something stupid like, "I hate Donald Trump's hair because is is a bad representation of our country." Some girl actually tries to write about this, and that is when everyone had to get their topics approved by the teacher. When I went to show her mine, she just kind of gave me this look that said, really. But let me continue on, I think mostly for her amusement. My...

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“Resolute on Resolutions” by Kineret Aragon

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"No. I refuse!""Come on, Jacob! It's not a huge deal. You just pick a few goals, jot them down and turn them in to Mr. Hayes.""Forget it, Kerry. I said no and that's final," stated Jacob with finality.I peered into Jacob's green eyes to try to read him, but he looked away with huff. I just didn't get it. Why was it such a big deal to him? This was senior year and every grade counted if we wanted to make it into the best schools. But here was my best friend refusing to make a New Year's resolutions list for an easy A. There must be something ...

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“Start Today” by Trish Tyler

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Carla sat down with her Rachel Hollis “Start Today Journal.” A deep sigh came from her chest. This year had just been the worst. She wanted to make changes in 2019, but all she did was move from one lousy job to another. She did everything she was supposed to. She weighed her pros and cons. She asked for advice from her mother, but where was she now? Ten pounds heavier, staring down the barrel of menopause, on Wellbutrin and questioning every decision she had made. This “Start To...

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“No Resolutions Needed” by Kelly Waters

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Will was struggling to keep his attention off of the geometric patterns he doodled in his notebook and focus instead on class discussion. It was the first week of his new semester at college, and it was a week of awkward icebreakers that no college student actually wanted to be a part of. In this class, the icebreaker theme was New Year’s resolutions. Students were expected to share their own resolution with the class out loud. The answers were a familiar chorus of less tv, more gym, and eating healthier food, until eventually, the attention...

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“Finally, a resolution” by Paula Turner

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Lynne was actively avoiding Sasha’s cheery let’s get together and create our vision board for the New Year messages. The multitude of pings to her phone were becoming more than a slight irritant. They were getting on her last nerve. Sasha meant well; she had found peace and serenity and she wanted to share the love. Lynne couldn’t help but think of Sasha’s journey as a lot of whoo-whoo: yoga retreats and journaling workshops, apps for meditation – seriously, the woman was a sitting duck whenever an ad for self-help popped up o...

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“Not For Me” by Jamie Shaw

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Here we go again. All over Facebook, Twitter, even family members and friends - New Year Resolutions. Ugh! Why do people do this to themselves? I, for one, refuse to participate in this nonsense. I mean really, how often does one actually fulfill the resolution(s). I remember in my younger days making promises to myself like: I was going to ask Kevin out, I was going to tryout for the track team, I was going to make myself popular. Yada yada yada. How silly I was.None of my resolutions ever came true. So, they weren't realistic. I tried more...

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“New Year's Resolution In A Crossfire.” by Tom Moser

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Detective Nielsen recently was transferred to Narcotics after having worked with Homeland Security since 2011. In December, the Seattle PD promoted him to detective and in January, he started working undercover drug transactions. Originally from Montana, he now called Seattle home and learned to tolerate the rain. He even bragged to friends and family in Montana that you don’t need to shovel rain in the winter to get out of your driveway. Working Homeland Security had been an interesting job for Nielsen, but he was glad to get out from behin...

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“Poor Mrs. Walden ” by Ruby Towvim

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Cara Stones sat in school, waiting for her teacher to tell her the stupid resolution thingy. She sat, waiting. Here it came. Mrs. Walden opened her mouth;"Children! Today, you shall write of thy resolution!" she shouted. Cara plunged for her notebook. She started to write on it:Stupid Mrs. Walden with a big long loud mouth. She eats apples a million times a day. Stupid Mrs. Walden with a big long loud mouth. She always seems to have to go pee! Stupid Mrs. Walden with a big long loud mouth. She eats like a pig. Stupid Mrs. Walden with a big l...

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“Perfect” by Ray Everblaze

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"Alright class! The year is almost over. What do you think you could do better in next year?" He looked in the direction of a few boys who were in the middle of poking a poor girl with a pencil to ask her for homework. The boys immediately stopped at the teacher's harsh gaze."Anyway, each of you need to write three resolutions and they are due next week. Don't forget the fifth draft of your personal narrative is due then as well. Class dismissed!" The bell rang and the kids ran out of the building. Vanessa O'Mara was devastated.Vanessa O'Mar...

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“NEVER AGAIN” by Ngeny Danson

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New Year Resolutions jinxed my year. I know you might be thinking 'What here is one of those lazy superstitious guys blaming everyone and everything for their failures except themselves..' And you could probably be right. But allow me to explain. Am not superstitious about New Years resolutions.Having said that am not making none for next year because they will jinx my year and I don't want nothing jinxing 2020 for me or anybody else. Being a pragmatic realist I believe in Planning, making adequate preparations for eventual action or omissio...

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Write a short story about someone who refuses to write New Year's resolutions.

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✍️ 37 stories

“Auld Lang Syne” by George Georgerfrost@gmail.com

“Tent Dreams” by G. Miller

“New Year, Old Sorrows” by Moustapha Mbacké Diop

“New Years Again” by Eliana Ross

“Nothing Out Of A Hundred” by Paige Weber

“Resolved” by Grace Allen

“Resolute on Resolutions” by Kineret Aragon

“Start Today” by Trish Tyler

“No Resolutions Needed” by Kelly Waters

“Finally, a resolution” by Paula Turner

“Not For Me” by Jamie Shaw

“New Year's Resolution In A Crossfire.” by Tom Moser

“Poor Mrs. Walden ” by Ruby Towvim

“Perfect” by Ray Everblaze

“NEVER AGAIN” by Ngeny Danson

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