Every year, like an overly enthusiastic bodybuilder on January 1st, I make resolutions— only to discover later that most of them were wildly unrealistic.
In January 2025, I confidently took five resolutions:
- Start my own business
- Save $10,000
- Buy a second car
- Live a happy life
As you can see, all very reasonable. Very obvious. Very achievable.
And then there was the fifth one. The big, hairy, audacious goal:
5. Write a humor book.
Why? Well, if many of you know me, you know I am a writer. But so far, my books have been on the serious side—titles like Handling Infidelity and Ask It Right.
My last book under my own name (pen names don’t count… those are classified information) was a self-help book, published about three years ago.
It became a New York Times Bestseller.
Well… not really. But I strongly believed in that outcome.
The truth is, that book struggled to hit triple-digit sales. Which made me wonder—maybe serious self-help isn’t my natural habitat.
Maybe I needed something lighter. More honest. More chaotic.
So I decided to write humor.
In hindsight, a terrible resolution to take. And honestly, I never expected to tick that one off.
But before we get there, let me explain how I successfully achieved my other goals:
- “Start my own business” — achieved by minding my own business
- “Save $10,000” — achieved by eliminating the last two zeros
- “Buy a second car” — achieved by adding “rot” (carrot)
- “Live a happy life” — achieved… except “happy” got dropped somewhere along the way
And now, the last one.
Write a humor book
Not optimized. Not monetized (yet). Not backed by a productivity framework.
Just written— one honest, chaotic page at a time.
I’m excited to share that I’ve completed my first humor book:
How to Be Your Dog’s Personal Assistant A Hilarious Guide to Surviving Your Dog’s Demands
It’s a light-hearted, observational take on life with dogs— the invisible contracts, the emotional manipulation, the 5 AM wake-up calls, and the moment you realize that once a dog chooses you, your dignity quietly exits the room.
After years of writing in more serious spaces, this book reminded me that:
- creativity doesn’t always have to be profound to be meaningful
- finishing something matters more than perfecting it
- sometimes, the best progress comes from laughing at yourself
The book is scheduled to land in stores in January 2026.
Sharing this here not as a hard launch— but as a small reminder:
Not every goal needs to look impressive on paper. Sometimes, the one you actually finish is the one that counts.
Happy 2026.
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