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Resolutions Are No Match for These

For too long you’ve been resolving to do things you don’t actually want to do. Save money. Stop eating the tastiest things. And frankly, that’s just f**king balderdash. You need to resolve to do things you desire. You need anti-resolutions. These are those, and they assure success.

Anti-Resolution: The Morning Rave
RESOLUTION: GET MORE SLEEP

Anti-Resolution: The Morning Rave

Nobody’s saying you should never go out dancing and 4am-pancake-eating again. On a weeknight. No one’s saying that. All we’re saying is, hey, they’ve got morning parties now, with serious DJs and smoothies and yoga and coffee. Not so bad seeing the sunrise from the other side.

Anti-Resolution: Spiked Churros
RESOLUTION: EAT HEALTHIER

Anti-Resolution: Spiked Churros

Brooklyn’s favorite alcohol-based-baked-goods purveyor has crafted a churro. It’s got cinnamon-and-bourbon-sugar dusting. Spiked honey dipping sauce. Brooklyn Winter Ale–infused dough. And all you’ve really consumed here are some bite-size confections. Life’s about loopholes.

$10, available at Spirited, 638 Bergen St (between Vanderbilt and Carlton), Brooklyn, 718-783-5700

Anti-Resolution: Your Own Remote Cycle
RESOLUTION: GO TO THE GYM MORE

Anti-Resolution: Your Own Remote Cycle

The folks at Peloton are now setting you up with a wi-fi-equipped bike for your place. It’s got a touchscreen that keeps track of all your performance and streams every class they do live right to the screen. So, you know, just keep on not going to the gym. You’ll be fine.

Anti: Beverage-Enhanced Guitar Classes
RESOLUTION: SERIOUS GUITAR LESSONS

Anti: Beverage-Enhanced Guitar Classes

If Slash has taught us anything, it’s that tipping a few back before you try to melt faces with your guitar skills could help. So these classes start with some vigorous scale-playing, chords and a couple refreshments, and eventually end with a recital. Beer: the Popeye’s spinach of guitar recitals.

$200, available at Bantam Studios, 47 Hall St (between Park and Flushing), Brooklyn, 347-564-2517

Anti-Resolution: Chops by the Stack
RESOLUTION: SOMETHING ABOUT VEGETABLES?

Anti-Resolution: Chops by the Stack

There are moral reasons to try to go vegetarian. There are also some compelling health reasons. Alas, there are no reasons that can withstand the existence of an entire tall stack of pork chops drenched in anchovy butter. There’s a short stack, too, but... no.

$27-$45, available at M. Wells Steakhouse, 43-15 Crescent St (between 43rd and 44th), Long Island City, 718-786-9060

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