Just Curious

Each New Year, I choose a word or phrase to live by for the next 365 days. When I sat down to write this blog, try as I might, I could not recall my word for 2022. I wondered and pondered and strained my brain, all to no avail. Finally, I gave up and looked back on the Jan. 1 blog, only to find my word was curious. Oh, the irony!

So now that I remember my word, I am spending time remembering what I was curious about in 2022:

I was curious and disappointed to learn we had to turn the clocks back in November. I thought for sure there had been a vote and that dreadful practice had been abolished – wrong again.

I was curious why commercials for gambling are allowed on radio and television. When researchers found smoking caused cancer, commercials and advertisements featuring cigarettes were banned. Researchers have also found gambling to be one of the most common and fastest growing causes of bankruptcy – a practice that harms the gambler, families, marriages, employers, and the economy – I’ll bet you didn’t know that.

I’m still curious about bitcoin – not a clue.

I will be forever curious how reality television shows and the Kardashian family became popular – no words.

I continue to be curious about pronouns. Other than in academia, I have only received one email from someone in the public sector that listed his/her/them pronouns. And while we are on the topic of pronouns, I’m curious why having to disclose your pronouns isn’t an invasion of privacy – just wondering.

I remember being curious if the Kansas City Chiefs would win the Super Bowl – they did not.

I was curious whether Russell Wilson would be the answer to the Broncos’ dismal performances – he was not.

I was also curious if the Broncos coach would last the entire season – TBD.

I was curious and hopeful the vaccine would eradicate Covid – it didn’t.

I was also curious if turning 70 would make me feel old  – kinda.

You will, no doubt, notice I did not take on the really big issues:
World peace,
Poverty,
Discrimination,
War,
Politics,
Healthcare/Education/Housing disparities.

I’m leaving those conundrums to people much smarter than me; I got nothin’. Sadly, I’m not sure anyone else does either.

P.S. Despite mentioning that I couldn’t remember my word for 2022, and having to look at my January 1 blog to be reminded, turns out, that wasn’t my word! Unfortunately, I looked at my 2021 post for January 1, not the 2022 post. Evidently, my word for 2022 was embrace. So now, I’m embracing my mistake and I’m curious how that happened.