Have you started thinking about your New Year’s Resolution yet? Don’t tell me that you had a resolution in the past to not make any more! That’s a lazy cop-out. Everybody needs a restart every so often and this is a good opportunity. If you aren’t being evaluated periodically by someone to help you set goals for improvement, then you need to get motivated to do some self-evaluation and set your own goals.

It may be better not to wait until December 31st to make your resolution for next year. One of the ways to ensure success with your resolution is to have a plan going into it. I’ll be honest, I haven’t set mine in stone yet, but I can tell you that one is going to have to do with fitness and the other is related to organization.

I’m a new retiree from public teaching. I minister at Providence Baptist Church in Adair County, Kentucky. My congregation is small. But, in order to do my best work, I can see improvements that need to be made in my organization. So I’m not going to wait until January 1st to start implementing change. I’ve already assembled some tools and ideas to help me get started so that when the first day of the year rolls around I’ll be ready to fully implement changes in my organization.

As far as fitness goes, I haven’t developed a full regimen yet. But I have started working on cardio at the elliptical and lateral trainers. I’ve also been doing some light resistance training. I can already feel a difference in my fitness. So, when the first day of 2019 is upon me, I will be able to put in a solid day of training on my new program. A lot of people wait until Jan. 1 to get started. Then they find that they are miserable because of their eating habits over the holidays, so they quit training or working out two or three weeks into the year.

The same can be said for kicking a habit. Don’t plan to quit smoking after the first of the year. Start a program now so that you will be quit January 1, 2019. Then you can experience an entire year of success without feeling days of failure from the beginning. Set your self up to begin with success and you will have a much better chance at continued success.

I’d like to hear your ideas and maybe share some past successes and failures if you would like. Just respond below. Thank you for visiting the orange office! Have a wonderful weekend everyone!