New Year, Old Year, What Year

Join me.
Don't set a New Year's resolution in 2008.
Set twelve new month resolutions instead.
Make them each something to start doing rather than something to stop doing.
Don't decide them all now. Just decide January now. Decide February in a months time.
I think it will be better this way. For all of us.

You know you'll fail otherwise. Hardly anyone actually achieves their New Years resolutions do they? What's so special about the "New Year" anyhow? It's really just a number. And an arbitrary and relative one at that.

Maybe not make a resolution at all - at least not based on a date. I did that back in September. Remember this post I made? I'll update you......

1. Do something selfless every day. Well, this got off to a great start. Even today, I often find myself doing something that I wouldn't otherwise - for someone else. But here's the thing. It's usually for my wife or kids, and it always ends up in me feeling better. So is it selfless? Who cares! On a scale of 1-10, I'll rank myself an even 5. Not a bad start, but some room for improvement. More on the every day bit.
2. Get strong again. Again, a good start. New program, got going for a few weeks. Then stopped. Why? I don't know. I have to reassess. 1 out of 10.
3. Eat vegetables every day. Not every day, and not much variety. I am thinking a lot more like "I'll add some veges to that" but certainly not every meal. 3 out of 10.
4. Trust your intuition. This is going a little bit better. Making decisions that go against the flow, but safely. No hitting of rocks beneath the surface yet. 6 out of 10.
5. Choose yes. Aaaahhh yes. This is a good one. I've definitely been saying yes more often. But you know what? I've also been saying no a lot more too. The driving force for saying yes more often is knowing when to say it, therefore when you know you shouldn't the answer is no. Keep on keeping on. Just do it. 7 out of 10.

So overall, I score myself 22 out of 50. Bah! Only 44% Not even a pass conceded!

I'd better work on the workouts and veges a bit more. Choose yes Mbrain, choose yes!

OK, so my New-Month resolution for January is (drum roll ........... )

Exercise for four hours every week for the next 5 weeks. Cycle, resistance, run, whatever. And since tomorrow is Monday, I'll start a day early!