27 Dec New Year’s Resolution Week: What’s your’s going to be?

With Christmas now over, we have about a week left to usher in 2011.
This is the time when many people come up with a New Year’s resolution. Some get all serious about it, give it a lot of thought and vow to keep it. Others set one hastily without a lot of thought.
Unfortunately most people do not wind up keeping the New Year’s goal they set for themselves.
There are some great tips I have for later in the week on how to follow through on your resolution.
But first, let’s start by deciding upon a New Year’s resolution.
This time of year makes a lot of people do a lot of reflecting. It’s time to look back, but more importantly look ahead. What kind of person do you want to be in the coming year?
Here are 20 of the most common New Year’s resolutions as listed by Wikipedia:
Lose weight
Pursue a Satisfying and Fulfilling Career
Get a better job
Get fit
Eat right
Get out of debt
Become more organized
Save money
Improve grades
Get a better education
Drink less alcohol
Quit smoking
Reduce stress
Take a trip
Volunteer to help others
Be less grumpy
Learn something new (such as a foreign language or music)
Try to get up early in the morning
Time management
Help the poor

Although statistics show more than two-thirds of Americans will make a New Year’s resolution, less than 5 percent actually succeed.

At Home Fitness consultant Aaron Dorksen’s blog deals with a variety of fitness topics, ranging from workout tips, motivational ideas and feature stories on how exercise impacts people’s lives. E-mail him with comments, questions or ideas for future blogs at aaron@athomefitness.com