Woody Guthrie Creates a Doodle-Stuffed Checklist of 33 New Yr’s Resolutions (1943): Beat Fascism, Write a Music a Day, and Hold the Hoping Machine Operating

On Jan­u­ary 1, 1943, the Amer­i­can people music leg­finish Woody Guthrie jot­ted in his jour­nal a listing of 33 “New Years Rulin’s.” Nowa­days, we’d name them New Yr’s Res­o­lu­tions. Adorned by doo­dles, the listing is right down to earth by any mea­positive. Fam­i­ly, music, tak­ing a polit­i­cal stand, per­son­al hygiene—they’re the val­ues or aspi­ra­tions that high his listing. You possibly can click on the picture above to view the listing in a larg­er for­mat. Under, we’ve got professional­vid­ed a tran­script of Guthrie’s Rulin’s.

1. Work extra and wager­ter
2. Work by a sched­ule
3. Wash tooth if any
4. Shave
5. Take tub
6. Eat good — fruit — veg­eta­bles — milk
7. Drink very scant if any
8. Write a music a day
9. Put on clear garments — look good
10. Shine footwear
11. Change socks
12. Change mattress cloths usually
13. Learn heaps good books
14. Lis­ten to radio loads
15. Be taught peo­ple wager­ter
16. Hold ran­cho clear
17. Dont get lone­some
18. Keep glad
19. Hold hop­ing machine run­ning
20. Dream good
21. Financial institution all further mon­ey
22. Save dough
23. Have com­pa­ny however dont waste time
24. Ship Mary and children mon­ey
25. Play and sing good
26. Dance wager­ter
27. Assist win conflict — beat fas­cism
28. Love mama
29. Love papa
30. Love Pete
31. Love each­physique
32. Make up your thoughts
33. Get up and combat

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