It's that time of year: When folks make up their minds that things are going to change. The gym is full of new members who are eager to get into their journey toward some other semblance of better health, or a beach body, or some change that they desire. Others are in that annual state of looking at something that they want to change for the long haul and will probably wind up putting their "commitment" online somewhere. When you post it to Facebook, that makes it real, right...?
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That's not a bad thing. It's a great thing when a person decides to get healthier, and they contemplate what that means for their future. It is a good thing to think about what has changed, as another year has ticked off the clock, and we all look forward to seeing where things might get better. All of that is good.
However, when a cycle continues to repeat itself, it is not a "resolution." It is a "revolution." To continually do the same thing, think about change and allow the idea of what might be to roll around in our heads without putting those ideas into actionable steps, is where the "revolution" continues and, ultimately, nothing changes. Usually, by the end of January, mid-February at best, the lines of newly "committed" gymgoers are dwindling, and most of those other "resolutions" are quickly falling into the oblivion that is daily life. The everyday stuff gets in the way of what we all said had mattered enough for us to sit down and think about what we wanted to do differently. The task lists and emails and thousand other things whittle away at what could have been a year of difference-making steps, and the revolution continues.