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The internet is rife with dismal observations about how many people fail their New Year's resolutions before the end of January. So I thought it would be nice to check in and see how folks are doing.

Here's my big list of goals. As you can see, I'm smokin' it on checking the list, largely because we're still playing with the Vitamix and making lots of new recipes that I then log. I don't necessarily expect that to last all year, but so far so good. I have started working on at least 10 goals. I have already met 3 goals: selling a poem of 10 lines or less eligible for the Dwarf Stars Award, getting rid of one cookbook that didn't have any recipes we wanted to make, and using a specific storyline as a fishbowl theme. \o/

What's up with your New Year's resolutions or goals?

Current Mood: accomplished
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From:

ysabetwordsmith

Wow, that really sucks. :(

Let's see ...

Simulations are still better than nothing for practice behind the wheel.

You could look for non-MA natives.

MA is a tiny state, thus much more feasible to seek out-of-state lessons. A pain in the ass, but probably less worse than other options.

However, if you don't learn the MA bad driving approach, how will you pass the live-driving test if the teacher expects you to tailgate just under the speed limit? O_O

From:

jtthomas

You're not expected to pass. Yes, you read that right. In MA, you're EXTREMELY lucky to pass the first time, for this reason precisely. Most of the people my age or within a decade older who learned to drive in MA failed their first test.

Out-of-state lessons are technically illegal; the learner's permit does not allow driving outside the legal home state.

Definitely going to keep looking through simulations, though.

From:

ysabetwordsmith

See if you can get a learner's permit in another state.

Otherwise, ask yourself whether you care more about learning to drive safely, or following the letter of the law. Or whether you need to learn to drive right now in a state that's batshit.