Resolution 2010

Hello Friends,

First and foremost, let me start by wishing you all A Very Very Happy and Prosperous New Year.

With a new year comes new resolutions. Sorry, not new resolutions but the same old resolutions that one has been promising year after year. Sound familiar? I bet it does. And I am no exception to this. Year after year I have been making resolutions and as the year progresses, my resolutions are forgotten faster than a speeding bullet. Guilt creeps in because I broke the promise and then I console myself saying the resolution was really my flight of fancy. How in this world could I have kept my resolutions. I should have never made such a impractical resolution in first place. With these words, my resolutions are gone for a toss till the January 1st of next year. There is something very fascinating about January 1st. It always brings in a ray of hope, even for a person like me who is lethargic for the whole year-round (only for personal priorities). I always accuse my professional commitments for not taking out time for myself. Needless to say, these are lame excuses.

This year, trust me, I made no resolutions on 1st Jan. Instead, I took some time to introspect myself and I kept on asking the same question to myself again and again. What would have possibly happened, that a person like me who jogged for more than 10 miles everyday at the age of 25 could not even jog for 1 mile at 35, a person who was often quoted as a perfect example of an athlete in his friends circle now falls in the Obese category? What could have gone wrong? Did I not try in the last 10 years? Ofcourse I did. But the one thing that was lacking was Consistency. Did I not know that I wasn't consistent over the last several years? Yes, I knew. But did I do anything? Nope, Nothing. Again my first excuse while I was looking back at my gone years was that May be my mind was willing but my body was not. This time,I played the role of a Devil's Advocate myself. I questioned, does the body ever have a say? does the body ever control yor mind? The answer came in negative. It was always my mind that kept on telling me that my body was tired. It was always my mind that kept on telling me that I have way too many professional commitments and hence I cannot spare time for myself. It was always my mind.

This year, I made my mind tell me that I can do it. The moment I did that, I laughed. Isn't this what everyone does on Jan 1st? I paused for a moment and just then it clicked. It wasn't Jan 1 for me. I was actually talking out time introspecting myself and I made some resolution on Jan 2nd. I googled to see how many people actually keep their new year resolutions. The results were not very encouraging. Roughly only about 7% to 10 % of the people keep their new year resolution. I looked at it from the positive side and told myself that I am going to be one from that 10%.

This year, I am going to walk/jog/run 1500 miles by end of December 2010. This will include the walk/run on the treadmill but will not include the casual walking I do for everyday chores. In addition to this, there are some other resolutions as well, but I just wanted to share this one with you all because I think there are many others like me out there wanting to get fit again. Weight reduction, overall fitness is my goal, but this year I want to track it differently. This year, I will make it happen.

I will look forward for your support and motivation. I will be regularly posting my progress on my blog.

Cheers...
Anil

9.84 miles completed. 1490.16 miles to go as of Jan 3.


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