Happy Friday those of you out in cyberland! For my first Flash Fiction Friday of the year, I thought I would give you a story about New Year resolutions. Hope you enjoy!

Resolutions by Adam wright

Resolutions

1. Reduce the number of alien strongholds on the planet
2. Depower the CPU controlling all of the death robots
3. Clear the zombie fields
4. Finally patch up that garden and grow my own tomatoes
5. Utilize the high powered syringe rifles to cure the vampire hoard
6. Steal the codes from the megacorporation and transfer currency to the populace
7. Stop that knife wielding lunatic who keeps offing teenagers at that lake
8. Refresh the uploads on my cybernetic implants
9. Ensure the slumbering creature at the bottom of the ocean does not wake this year
10. Develop a more utilitarian saddle for riding the land worms

Affirmations

1. I can and will achieve my goals this year
2. I am the best me I can be
3. When the mind is set to win, the world is mine to win
4. If you imagine the impossible, you make the impossible, possible
5. If I fail at my goals I need to forgive myself
6. The world is laughing with me, not at me
7. Don’t carry the burdens of the world on your own shoulders
8. Taking time to clear my head is not selfish
9. I am strong, I am attractive, I am wise
10. There is not a death trap, tractor beam, minefield, laser grid or negative attitude I cannot survive

Annual goal setting mission statement

This year I will bring my best self to all that I do. I will be present in the moment and appreciate the life I have. I will not be envious of others who have more than me but will be grateful for what I do have. If I follow my plans I will be able to achieve my goals. I simply need to focus and I can perform better than I ever have. The cursed doll running amuck in the attic is not my fault but I will do my best to deal with it this year.

Obstacles

1. A negative mindset
2. An unwillingness to try new things
3. Language barriers between myself and the wolf creatures who keep growing to unusual size before devouring innocent bystanders
4. A year may seem like a long time but time is not on my side
5. Rat swarms
6. The possibility that the refrigeration units may have become sentient
7. I can be too hard on myself sometimes
8. Trusting innocent looking children who are capable of shapeshifting is not a good idea
9. I need to be more organized
10. Whatever that portal seems to be doing

Reality check on above resolutions

Who am I kidding? I do this to myself every single year. I should take that one off the list. I don’t know why I keep putting it there. I’m never going to garden. I don’t even like tomatoes!