Resolutioners: (noun) People who set out to “get in shape” during the new year. Example: “The gyms always packed in January with resolutioners.”
2020 is a new decade, which has caused many to look back on the previous decade (2010-2019) and assess how they will continue their lives for the next 10 years and so on.
When I was younger the year 2000 and I assume 2010 were significant to others, but I never found new decades very significant. Looking back, I was too young and naive to understand the concept of time. 
However, Now I certainly see the significance in reflecting on your past to positively impact your future for success.
Success: (noun) The accomplishment of an aim or purpose. 😀
In the past 10 years I have been hopeful, lazy, energetic, depressed, passionate, and confused with life as an adult, (now in my late 20s) which has made for fairly slow progress in life in terms of “success.” Though, I have no regrets; this last decade has fueled me to make an action plan on the next 10+ years and one major piece of that puzzle is Fitness! 😀
Everyone has different definitions of their personal success.
(see examples below in no particular order)
- Happiness
- Health
- Fitness
- Family
- Money
- Notoriety
- Spirituality
My definition of success has always been a balance of the above with an emphasis on Health & Happiness. Working out at home, gyms, yoga studios and etc, seem to be a positive outlet for me to destress, and improve my mood. Despite the twist and turns that young adulthood has brought me, exercise has always brought me great health and happiness. There’s so many benefits to exercising and despite this consistent love of fitness, I have never been consistent with workout out. 😦
>> MOST NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FAIL BY FEBRUARY <<
To cope with the fact that I have never followed through with committing to exercising I decided to make another attempt as a revolutioner. 😀
As cheesy and stereotypical as it may be, I plan on getting “fit” and it just so happens to be the new year. 🙂 My ego didn’t want to be seen in the gym sweating on a treadmill mid to late January, but alas I did. The first day I planned on working out, I never made it past the parking lot. Due to the sheer volume of people I was frozen with anxiety and thought I would feel claustrophobic with so many people in one gym. Paranoid with the thought of what others may think of me, and panicking at the thought of their being no parking, no available equipment and did I mention there was so many people! 😮
Due to slight anxiety–My first attempt at exercising wasn’t even at the gym–I ended up completing my workout at home and did 10-minutes of cardio walking outside. The short home-workout was nice, refreshing, and inspired me to try again the next day, but this time back at the gym.
I’m proud to say that I conquered my gym-anxiety and completed my full 30-minute ab & cardio workout at the gym, with no stress of the amount of people or the lack of available equipment. There were a significant amount of people in the gym, but there was even more available exercise equipment to balance out the load.
Instead of stress and judgment I actually felt optimism in the air. 😀 I felt others were there to complete the same task as me–work out to become healthier, happier, and more balanced. I quickly realized no one was staring at or judging me and I was free to focus on my own goals towards my definition of success.
I’m happy to report that my short 30-minute workouts have inspired me to keep going on this workout journey. My short and simple workouts are gratifying and they limit the risk of injury which allows me to keep moving forward with my goals!
Regardless of the stigma of New Year’s resolutions for “Getting fit in the New Year”…a goal is a goal and it can be accomplished any time of the year..even in January 😉
Until Next Time..
Cheers 😀
-Steebree Otey ❤
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