Any New Year's Resolutions?

I usually don't make resolutions, although I sometimes do set goals.

According to a government website, these are among the most popular resolutions people make this time of year:

• Lose Weight
• Volunteer to Help Others*
• Quit Smoking*
• Get a Better Education*
• Get a Better Job*
• Save Money*
• Get Fit
• Eat Healthy Food
• Manage Stress
• Manage Debt*
• Take a Trip
• Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle*
• Drink Less Alcohol*

*I volunteer one day each week as an English tutor and also at the local library and on other projects on an ad hoc basis. I have no personal debt, do not smoke and do not drink alcohol. I recycle, generally live frugally and save money. I am over-educated as it is! I am happily retired.

That leaves mostly things that seem to fall under a general category of healthy living. Eating healthy food and getting proper exercise ("get fit") undoubtedly are means to maintaining a healthy weight. They also help reduce stress, as taking a trip might do. 

All of those things -- healthy food choices, exercise, traveling -- involve a certain level of stress, but not all stress is dis-tress. These things are already part of my life, but they are on-going concerns.

I do not include a goal to publish another book this year, but it is a dream to at least finish writing another one.

So my real goal: be/stay healthy as I enter my Medicare years in 2015! And my Fitbit is already helping! Thanks, Mama! 

I do admit that the card below rings a little true.