I wish it were March,” Mark comments to his friend a little too loudly. “What do you mean?” responds Brent. “Well, that’s when there’s no longer a wait for an elliptical machine. In mid-February, March at the latest, all these resolutionists have stopped coming here to the gym.”

The Urban Dictionary defines a resolutionist as:

“A person who joins the gym in early January because of their New Year’s resolution. Resolutionists usually migrate back to the couch any time from mid-January to early March.”

As we enter the second month of 2013, the question of whether or not we are resolutionists ourselves is certainly a fair one. How are you doing on the goals you set for yourself just a few short weeks ago? Are you still getting around to setting them? If you have taken that first huge step, what about the next ones: Writing them down, sharing them with others and reviewing them weekly? The fact is, according to a study from the University of Scranton, those who set written New Year’s resolutions are five times more likely to achieve them than those who say that they don’t do so or just “keep their goals in their head.”

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