New Year’s Resolution a cliche?

Four days into the new year and it seems as though most people I’ve run across are emphatically declaring that they are not setting a new years resolution. Why has setting New Year’s Resolutions gone “out of style”?
Resolution is really just another way of saying long term goal setting- or something we want to improve or achieve over the next year. Why is it now uncool to set a goal? Fitness and health improvement resolutions always top peoples’ list at the start of the new year and so to follow the pack and set this kind of goal may seem redundant and cliche. But as adults we need these new beginnings with a specific deadline to force us into action. It is never out of style to strive to improve your health and fitness. The benefit of setting a new year’s resolution is that they are declared out loud in front of witnesses making these resolutions more serious and you more accountable for achieving it. So grab the person closest to you, declare your resolution, and get to work on achieving that goal!

Coy’s Story

Finally, a blog worth reading. For my first entry, I was puzzled as to what to write about. I wanted it to be about something exciting, so my love life was out. Perhaps it could be about some great adventure I had, but midnight trips to Walmart, while amusing, cannot really be considered adventurous. I started to get depressed for leading such a miserable life, and was grasping for a feel-good story to lift my spirits. My mind was ignited and, as my thoughts began racing, I thought about my friend Coy Orange.

I first met Coy a few years ago through a mutual friend. I knew that he was a runner who recently began coaching runners. I also knew he had a somewhat troubled past, but who doesn’t these days? Intrigued I called my friend Coy and asked him to meet me for a cup of coffee at a coffee shop whose name I won’t mention because, frankly, they don’t need any more advertising. His story couldn’t be all that bad, right? Wrong. Dead wrong. Continue reading →