The Retirement Newsletter: What will 2024 bring

Issue Number: -6 — Ten resolutions for 2024 — will I keep them?

Photo by Author — New Year’s Day 2014 — driving in Montana, and like the road, I have no idea where 2024 will go I can see it vanishing into the distance, and it might be a bit treacherous

Welcome

Welcome to issue -6 (12 weeks to go), and happy new year!

I can’t believe it is 2024. It sounds like it is far off in the future and not now. I still feel like I have been robbed. Where are the flying cars and moon bases promised to us as kids? What did we get? A pandemic and global warming. Great.

This week, here are my predictions for 2024 and my New Year resolutions.

Plus, this is the year of significant changes for me — I am retiring in 2024.

New Year resolutions and predictions for 2024

OK, so where do I see things going in 2024?

The Good Predictions for 2024

1. A pan-specific COVID-19 jab — I still hope this will come true, as we need something. A surprising number of friends and colleagues were ill with COVID-19 over the Christmas break. COVID-19 is still out there, it still has the potential to do harm and kill, and we are only a few mutations away from COVID-19 becoming a serious problem again.
2. AI will make our lives easier.