Many years ago I resolved never to bother with New Year's resolutions, and I've stuck with it ever since.

The line is a dry, self-referential joke about the cultural ritual of making New Year’s resolutions. By framing “not making resolutions” as a resolution that has been successfully kept “ever since,” it satirizes how quickly many resolutions are abandoned while also claiming a kind of consistency. The humor depends on the paradox: the speaker rejects the practice but still participates in it at a meta-level. Implicitly, it suggests skepticism toward performative self-improvement tied to a calendar date, favoring steadier habits—or at least poking fun at the gap between intention and follow-through.