What are your New Year’s resolutions? Or do you even make them?
Losing weight and eating better, getting more fit and being a better person were among my resolutions made heading into 2007.
After working hard to lose 30 pounds by last April, I managed to keep 10 off. That means I’ve entered this year 10 pounds lighter.  I guess that’s progress.
A combination of working longer hours starting in late spring and early summer — along with the ensuing heat — served as excuses for not getting more fit. So no real progress on the fitness front last year.
And as for being a better person? I don’t know. That’s hard to measure, especially since I didn’t map out any guideposts to gauge progress. It’s also hard to measure because, really, being a better person is pretty much a judgment call. So I’ll abstain from deciding how I did with that third resolution.
How did you do with your resolutions for 2007?
If they included losing weight, I hope you’re lighter today than a year ago.
If they included becoming more fit, I hope you can walk farther and faster today than a year ago.
If they included spending more time with your family, I hope you can say you did.
If they included being more involved in the community, I hope you have been.
If they included being a better son or daughter, mom or dad, brother or sister, I hope that you — and your families — are the richer for it.
Those are among my New Year’s resolutions going into 2008.
Yes, I again want to lose weight and become more fit.
Yes, I again want to be a better person, by being a better a friend and renewing an old friendship with a high school buddy. I want to be a better person by being a better little brother, uncle, dad and husband.
And I want to spend more time with my family and become more involved with our community.
Best wishes for a wonderful 2008, and good luck with your resolutions, whatever they are this year.

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