A happy 2024 to you!
I encourage you in all of your resolutions.
This year, my resolutions include:
– Sales up by 20%. The Pulse has been blessed and supported, but I certainly believe more growth is achievable
– 35% increase in joy. It’s important to make your goals measurable!
– Body fat down eight pounds. Not a huge amount, but I should keep trending that direction. I hear it is not healthy for the old man to carry around a bunch of fat near his heart.
– Doubling of smiling and gratitude.
– Fun up by three units.
– Stretch every day, early.
– Stay hydrated. Drink a gallon of water every day, two on most days.
– Build relationships with all of my family members, individually and collectively.
– Get proper rest. At least seven hours of consistent sleep.
– Swim, run, jump, dig, hike and lift.
As far as beef goals for Bracken Jr. and Bracken Sr., 2024 is the year that we shall make a Beef Wellington. Boeuf Bourguignon was our gourmet beef dish of 2023. #beefgoals
And 2024 shall be the year that little Beck uses the toilet. #parentgoals
Last year was a good year. The Mayos had a blessed Christmas. It was great to see so many family members and advertisers throughout December.
Jr. reminded us that some of the highlights of 2023 were all of our bear sightings at Cades Cove back in the spring. The Mayos went on some wonderful hikes, and intend to continue that tradition. Explore Tennessee!
I believe my health definitely improved in 2023, loading up on spinach, blueberries, salmon, almonds, stir-fries and lean meats, and trying to keep moving.
I played a great deal of chess with Jr. and others.
On the Disney+ app, it appears that the animated classic The Jungle Book did not make the cut in the lower-age restrictions of the parental guidance settings, due to its negative cultural depiction of vultures or tigers or some such nonsense.
What a frustrating, disgraceful season for the Titans, with a severe lack of desire, discipline, blocking, competent coaching, run defense, capable man-to-man coverage and people who look like professional football players. Still, I do thoroughly enjoy NFL Playoff time, whomever makes the cut.
There will be a year of perseverance coming up. I will continue spending time with the family, playing music, preparing and distributing the Pulse, getting outside, staying active, adventuring to new places and respecting deadlines!
I shall use my social media for good and not evil—for encouragement and catching up with friends and family members, old and new, and not making it an exhibition of anger, insecurities, complaints, negativity and selfishness.
Try to not let your personal insecurities materialize as insults towards others, and I will try and do the same.
Keep up the good work, Pulse sponsors. Thanks for the support of our community publication, Murfreesboro.
Despite reports of tough times, economic woes, inflation, doom, the messed-up labor market, etc. (and prices have absolutely gone up and the middle-class standard of living down, for certain, over recent decades—since the early 1980s inflation has risen 5.5 times with average incomes only tripling in comparison, according to information from our financial friends at Reed and Associates of Primerica), the businesspeople of Middle Tennessee, for the most part, seem to remain upbeat, hardworking, creative and willing to keep on doing the best they can.
May 2024 be filled with blimps and Bigfoot, hiking and sunshine, abundance, perseverance, happiness, learning and laughter.
