My Biggest Mistake

Newsletter 2022-01-03

The new year is a time for new goals and new ambitions. Well, it is for everyone else. For me, it’s a time to dwell on the mistakes of the past twelve months. That’s an accounting I can’t do before January 1st because I make mistakes until the last possible second. It was just a few days ago that I almost ruined Christmas, an attempt that was only foiled by the surprise arrival of a meat slicer. Santa is no vegetarian. I never plan on an eleventh hour screw up, but that’s when they’re the most likely to happen. It helps that the last day of December is also the biggest drinking holiday of the year. The opposite of “good decisions” is rum. Without further ado, here are my ten biggest mess-ups of the past twelve months, ranked in order of ascending awfulness. I have so much to be thankful for, and most of it is just that this year is over.

10. Sticking With My Old Van For Too Long

My last vehicle had a terminal condition known in technical terms as being possessed by Satan. Everything tha…