Out with the old and in with the new. As 2011 has come to a close, it’s time for us to make our new year’s resolutions. For some the list of resolutions we try to set out includes losing weight and developing a workout plan for the year. Both of which to me last as long as it does for me to write this column. I think at the start of every year I develop some plan in my mind of ways to lose weight and new ways to workout. Both of which end up just being a plan in my mind and usually only last about a month into the new year.
At the start of 2011, I purchased a stationary bike with hopes of setting up some kind of daily routine of exercising. My daily routine of using the bike worked for several weeks until I found reasons to justify why skipping a day here and there would be excusable. I had all the excuses figured out from having a hard day at work to doing yard work. Soon I began to realize that this new stationary bike might end up alongside of previous New Year’s purchases of a mountain bike and a treadmill which occupy my utility room at home.
Why do we make resolutions anyway? What’s behind the madness of thinking that a new year will bring in a new you? Whoever came up with this idea? A lot of times we set New Year’s resolution expectations way beyond what we know can actually be accomplished. We don’t ask anyone to hold us accountable for accomplishing our resolutions because we know in our minds, our plans won’t last.
As I drove from Augusta back to Colbert after visiting my parents for the holidays, I tried to remember the last time I accomplished my new year’s resolutions. Some resolutions were far fetched however like trying to grow hair on my head or trying to save more money. Both of which didn’t work over the past years. As for the hair thing, I gave that resolution up a couple of years back. I come to realize that it’s like grass; you can’t grow grass on hard ground just like my hair which won’t grow on a hard head. And as for the money part, the way the economy is today saving money is a lost cause. So there are two past resolutions that joined the many that have not panned out. Much like the resolutions of trying to remain calm during college football season which would be more than a resolution; it would be a miracle.
There are many New Year’s resolutions that get tossed around about this time of the year. Starting a new business or finding a new career, spending more time with the family, eating healthier, creating a facebook page or spending less time on facebook and the list goes on and on. With all the new technology of today, learning how to keep up with it all might be a good resolution within itself.
As for me, I think I’ll make the resolution to clean out the past resolutions in my utility room so I can make room for this year’s.
