A new year calls for new goals. More time spent reading, less time on our devices, more exercise, less sugar. The list can go on and on. Here on the Daily Reader, we like to share the resolutions in pipe smoking from some of the faces behind our company. Their responses were thoughtful and might provide you with some inspiration for your own pipe-smoking resolutions in 2025.

Sykes Wilford

Every year I promise I'll be a better pipe smoker. I once shared a car ride up to Wilson, NC, to buy tobacco for C&D with Jeremy Reeves and a couple of other colleagues and they were talking at great length about the tools that they used to keep their cake an appropriate, regular thickness (one of them, I forget who, unironically used the phrase "cake shaping tool," which sounds like something from that horrible Is it Cake? show my wife and son like to watch). I always admire how nicely kitted out Shane Ireland and Andy Wike are in their pipe smoking: nice lighters, little mats for breaking flakes, and pipe bags containing a couple of well-maintained pipes and a bevy of useful paraphernalia. They always have pipe cleaners. And pipe tools. Often really nice ones.

I have plenty of good role models around me. But I smoke a pipe like an Appalachian lumberjack circa 1950: my "daily carry" is an inexpensive pipe shoved into a front pocket of my jeans, a ten-year-old tobacco pouch in my back left pocket, and a Bic lighter. I ream my pipes in batches when I have an irritatingly large number of pipes with chambers that have become inconveniently small. Pipe knocker? The heel of my right shoe. Pipe cleaners? As often as not, I'm at the mercy of other, better-prepared pipe smokers.

I mean, I own these things: pipe tools, fancy lighters, and some really nice pipes. And I even get on a "good pipe smoking" kick occasionally, so good actually that I consider buying a smoking jacket and a cravat, and those kicks can last a whole three hours before I slip back into my regular habits.

So, this year, rather than committing to the impossible, I'm going to settle for a baby step: I'm carrying one of my Kiribis (of which I have four or five) in place of the Bic. It's step one in a 10-year plan to become a "good pipe smoker."

Alan Britt

My resolution this year is to focus on enjoying the pipes I currently own, rather than buying new pipes. I've been on a pipe-buying spree for the last two years, and it has struck me that I've totally neglected a majority of those that I own in favor of buying new ones. While I'll find some serious sadness in passing on some beauties this year, I'm sure I'll find joy in smoking pipes that I have forgotten about or neglected for a few years.

Rose Kiser

My resolutions are rather simple. My biggest goal is to combine my smoking with my other hobbies. I'd like to do art while I smoke or actually make progress on my personal writing rather than just work. I tend to smoke mostly during my workday, and it can certainly lead to me neglecting my leisurely pursuit of the briar. My other resolution is to actually improve my patio; it's very utilitarian right now and I'd rather like to enjoy my surroundings a little more out there.

Shane Ireland

I'm determined this year to fully break-in the handful of more recent acquisitions that I've made. I have developed a bad habit of getting distracted from the break-in process by reaching for my most trusty briars (I've always found the break-in period tedious, and one side effect of having a nice collection is that there's always something well-seasoned within reach). Along these lines, I'm also planning to deliberately re-dedicate some of my current briars to types of tobacco I smoke less frequently so that I can get back to one of my previous resolutions, which was to start smoking the well-aged tins in my cellar while they're still in their prime!

Eryn Patrick

My 2025 resolution is to actually sit down and smoke through a lot of the tobacco favorites that I hear about around the office, as well as much more of the C&D portfolio. With how busy I can be from day to day, it can be hard to sit down, smoke a pipe, and truly enjoy it. I'm hoping this year I can be so productive and organized that I have more time to sit down and really enjoy and analyze each bowl I smoke. I have too many cool pipes to leave them sitting around!

Zachary Harpold

This year, I am going to try and focus on really getting into the intricacies of pipe tobacco and not only learn more about the individual components but also try and branch out into blends I am not familiar with. One of my goals this year is to find an Aromatic pipe tobacco that I enjoy as much as more traditional tobacco blends.

Kayla Ivan

My resolution for 2025 is quite similar to last year's: to continue learning more about this unique industry. More specifically, I want to continue writing research-based content and learning from the experts about different types of tobacco, pipe-making practices, and plenty more. I hope what comes out of these conversations and deep dives down rabbit holes online are intriguing pieces for the Daily Reader that our readers will truly enjoy.

What are your pipe-smoking resolutions for 2025? We want to hear about them in the comments section. Happy New Year!