The MS Runner

To me, this is the strangest time of the year where most people make resolutions that quite simply, astound me.  Why is it that you have to wait for a particular day to change or do something?  “I resolve to be a better person”, is one of my favorites.  Aren’t you doing that (or trying to do that) every day?  No, I guess most people want to be shit heads until January 1st, and then they will become Mary Poppins.  “I resolve to lose weight”.   Weight Watchers love this time of year when people flock (or is it waddle) to their meetings in January, pay their money, and then are gone before March.  Most of these people are back to eating donuts instead of fruit, or fast food instead of preparing a nice healthy meal.  Then there’s all the people that join the gym.  They tie up all the treadmills for a couple of months, then there gone again.  “I resolve to get a new job”.  Yeah, good luck with that one in this economy, and let me tell you, the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.  “I resolve to watch less t.v.”  And do what, read?  You probably haven’t read a book in years other than that Readers Digest at the doctors office.  There are a ton of other resolutions that really crack me up, but the point I’m getting at is MOST people won’t change, or simply can’t change.  If you’re a crank ass, you’ll always be a crank ass.  If you’re a fat ass, you’ll always be a fat ass, and so on.  I’m not saying that this is always the case, but it’s a fact in most of them.  People can change, but it’s very hard work and they give up.  The ones that do stick it out, are the lucky ones.  My resolution every year is always the same.  “I resolve never to make any resolutions”.  Every bad habit or every change in my life has occurred when I’m prepared to make that change.  Most people aren’t prepared mentally to make a change on January 1st, and they fold under pressure.  Make a plan and stick to it and don’t commit to the pressure of a drop dead date to do it.  When you’re ready to change, you’ll know it.  Good luck, we’re all counting on you.