IT Insights Blog — Library Suite

Among his many other admirable qualities, former President Abraham Lincoln of "these United States" is often admired for his well documented sense of humor and fondness for jokes. There's a popular, probably apocryphal story that connects Lincoln and his keen wit to the five-dollar bill long before his face became permanently affixed to that particular mainstay of U.S. currency.

It's kind of a funny time to be talking about wrapping things up, finishing them off, writing "The End," moving on, bidding adieu, lighting a match and walking away, and so forth. We just barely kicked off 2018, after all. The "New Year" smell — sort of like the much-loved "new car" smell — hasn't even worn off, yet. Come on, now. Is anybody really in an "all good things must end" frame of mind?

It's a brand new year. A blank slate. A fresh canvas. A new leaf. What do the next 12 months have in store? That's what makes this time of year so exciting and invigorating. There's a great big TBD out there, and it's up to each of us what gets determined over the coming weeks and months. What is the looming "to be determined" element in your life? There's really only one person who can make that decision — and then make it stick.

There are a lot of different ways that you could spend your money right now. Assuming, of course, that there's anything left over after you just spent half of what you earn in a month to stock up on beef jerky and energy drinks so that you can spend the next four days in a sleeping bag outside the neighborhood movie theater waiting for the first screening of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Oh, yeah, bring it on!

2016 is drawing to a close, and minds are being turned toward the New Year in the form of goal- and resolution-making. Education and employment are top priorities on many resolution lists, but when it comes to acting on these items, it’s usually best not to wait until the New Year.