It is always uncertain how many of you have sobered by Sunday on a three-day weekend. It is even more uncertain when that weekend includes New Year’s Eve. Here’s hoping at least some of you are awake and able to read.

Since this column often discusses mindset in relation to fitness, I’ll bet some of you are expecting an article on New Year’s resolutions. Sorry. I remember sort of being coerced into making some when I was younger and hating it. Mostly because it felt so arbitrary. Having said that, some New Year’s resolutions are sensible. Do what works for you.

 

 

Instead, I thought an effective way to kick off the year is to think about winning. You get to define what winning is for you. Some time ago, Tundra linked to this piece entitled 16 Things to Never Apologize for Again. I bookmarked it and occasionally referenced it. In my opinion, it’s a good place to start thinking about what you want out of life and, particularly, what is so important to you that you won’t apologize for it.

Clearly, this can encompass any and every aspect of your life. For the sake of this article, let’s talk about your fitness. This community has discussed a wide range of fitness goals. What are your goals? What is so important to you that you won’t compromise? Here is the tougher question, what is so important to you that you won’t apologize to yourself for ensuring you get it done.

When I say getting it done, I’m not talking about a wish list. I’m not talking about something that would be nice… someday… if things fall into place. I’m talking about that which is important enough to you that you will demand it of yourself and not apologize for doing so.

 

 

It’s not an easy question. Some of you won’t have a ready answer. That’s fine. Sit with it and think. Go back and read the linked article. Surely there is something more you want from and for yourself. Surely there is something you need to say “no” too. Surely there is some truth you have not told yourself or have told yourself but ignored.

It’s time to find what you important enough to you that you won’t apologize to yourself for getting it done. Have a momentous year Glibfitters.

This week’s music is a familiar throwback. But you expected it shortly after New Year’s Eve.