It seems to be inevitable – the New Year’s Resolution Apathy. On January 1st I looked over a journal I keep. I was surprised to see that a year passed without me “becoming a better person.” I wondered why and decided the answer was beyond my ken. I decided to hire The Gallop Pole folks – not to be confused with The Gallup Poll folks. The Gallop Pole folks I met with - from Mukilteo - were much cheaper than those high-falutin’ folks from Washington DC you hear about on the TV set. The Gallop Pole folks make telephone poles in Snohomish County. I set forth an objective: survey people and ask them to express their opinion as to why I didn’t become a better person in 2023.