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No need to make New Year’s resolutions this year or ever again!


No need to write down:

“Go to Gym.”


Nope. Your resolutions are written. 78 years ago today, a 30-year-old man whose name you know, sat down and wrote:


NEW YEARS RULIN’S


Let me tell you about this man and his Rulin's. There are 33 Rulin's. Why 33? It seems 33 along with his doodles fit on the center-fold of his notebook (see link below).


No matter what the topic – this man's Rulin's has you covered:


Diet:

#6. Eat Good – Fruit – Vegetables - Milk


Exercise:

#26. Dance Better


Sleep:

#20. Dream good


Work:

#1. Work more and better


Self-Improvement:

#13. Read Lots Good Books


Hygiene:

#3. Wash Teeth If Any


Finances

#21. Bank All Extra Money


Dress for Success

#9. Wear Clean Clothes – Look Good


Friends and Family

#23. Have company but don’t waste time


Relationships

#14. Learn people better


This man is Woody Guthrie. You know him for a song he wrote. One year (1944) after he wrote his Rulin’s, he recorded “This Land is Your Land” - one of the most loved songs of the American musical canon:


Nobody living can ever stop me As I go walking that freedom highway; Nobody living can ever make me turn back This land was made for you and me


Woody was putting Rulin's #25 #33 to work:


#25. Play and Sing Good

#33. Wake up and Fight


My favorite Rulin?


#19. Keep Hoping Machine Running.


What could be more important in 2021?


Happy New Year!


How about you? What Rulin will you pick? Share a Story!


Taste the Food – Second Helping


See and/or purchase Woody’s Rulin’s here.

The story of This Land is Your Land and Lyrics are here




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