Keeping Your New Years Resolution

We are a week into 2009 and I’m wondering how many of you have already broken one or more of your New Year’s Resolutions. Most of us could pretty much guess what was on the list of the most popular resolutions because it’s probably been pretty much the same for the last few years.
In no certain order here they are:

· Lose weight
· Quit smoking
· Start exercising
· Get out of debt
· Quit drinking
· Get out of a bad relationship and find true love
· Advance your career and make more money
· Go back to school or take a class to improve yourself
· Spend more time with family and friends
· Get into philanthropy and community involvement

Of all of these the two that would have to top the list would be losing weight and start exercising. Fitness equipment sales skyrocket during the holiday season but usually by the end of the month treadmills, exercise bicycles and rowing machines have pretty much become high-priced clothes hangers. The other component of this is the incredible number of people who sign up at a local gym, often for a year or more. They make exercise a regular part of their routine for a few weeks or maybe even months but over time they find reasons to skip and before too long all they have to show for their gym membership is a key tag never used.

As for losing weight….well that’s a billion dollar industry that depends on
us who vow to drop pounds right around the start of a new year. Many do but a friend of mine in the restaurant business told me that after the first two weeks of January business picks up as people give up.

So what was on your list for 2009 and how long will you stick with it? Only time will tell.