Is it Ever Late to make a New Year’s Resolution?

It seems like just yesterday it was 2016 – and here I am looking at my calendar and it is already the 22nd of January! Even though January is cruising by, it is never late to evaluate and make resolutions for the year to come and to share your resolutions with coworkers, friends and family.  

Will it be to get more sleep (overrated unless you have kids), lose weight (the summer is around the corner), work harder (maybe get that promotion) or is it to get out of debt (Freedom Baby – just ask Dave Ramsey)?

Will you be successful in the resolution you choose? Or will you not?

Did you decide on a resolution, if so how did you do it?  Did you ask Siri? Please tell us your resolution on either Facebook or Twitter.  

Personally, I am usually unable to keep at least one of my resolutions for the entire year, much less until Tax Day.  

For the first time in 37 years, I was able to keep my 2016 New Year’s Resolution. I always wanted to complete a half marathon. If you know me, you would probably laugh and say ‘man you cannot run to the mailbox much less half a marathon.’  Well I talked to my personal trainer, her name is Siri, and we found a training plan on google and I committed to training for 10 weeks. On December 17, I finished the Rockin’ Santa Half Marathon in Knoxville, TN in a time of 2 hours 5 minutes and 18 seconds.  (My goal on the next one is to break the 2 hour mark, I will let you know how that goes).

Having completed one successful resolution, I can only move forward in 2017 and not look back.

My 2017 New Year’s resolution is to increase, from last year, the the number of donations made to charities. I plan to research and find charitable organizations that are making a difference in their communities. I have my 2016 baseline saved in the history section of the Pass the Plate app (brought to you by One Donation), on my mobile device. On January 1, 2017 I made my first donation to the Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra, which was immediately added to my 2017 donation history in the app. I also added them to my list of favorite charities so future donations to them will be even easier.

Just like my 10 week training plan for the half marathon, I will continue to track my progress through the Pass the Plate app. In addition to tracking and keeping a convenient record of my donations made through the app,  I can also add any donations I might make outside of the app.   

As a wise man once told me ‘you can change the world one donation at a time.’  I hope you too will make and be successful keeping, an enjoyable resolution in 2017.

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