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Essay for 01/07/19

Matt's New Year's Resolution

It’s a new year. For many people, it is a time to set personal resolutions to keep for the upcoming year. Not for many of the people I associate with – I don’t know any of my personal friends or close coworkers that set New Year’s resolutions, at least none they...
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Matt Brauer is a writer of humorist essays, short stories, sketch comedies, and generally funny stuff. His content focus is on daily living, culture, social and philosophical sciences, current events, writing, and cheese. His works have appeared in The Funny Times and The AAWG eZine and he has performed at Notes & Poets events. Trained in writing and improv at The Second City Training Center in Chicago, he also earned a BSEE elsewhere, and uses his non-writing time being an engineer and musician. He resides in the far northwest suburbs of Chicago. For a more detailed biography, visit the bio page.