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Are you still resolved to complete your New Year’s resolutions? If you are, you are in the minority. About two-thirds of people who make resolutions have generally given up by now.<\/p>\n

With the first month of the New Year over and the second quickly moving along, it seems all too easy to forget about the resolutions that we set for ourselves over a month ago. Maybe you had too much to drink when you decided on your (now absurd sounding) goal of playing the stock markets for a living, or possibly it was your friend\u2019s \u2018home gym\u2019 that steered you away from any future fitness endeavors. Curious to discover what sort of events actually took place on New Year\u2019s Eve and the following days afterwards, I took to the streets of Huntsville to question complete strangers in the freezing cold. You\u2019re welcome.<\/p>\n

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There was a slew of people who tried devoting themselves to eating a more balanced and healthy diet. Some reported failures, while others gleefully told me about how well their new eggshell and bread crust diet was going (it wasn\u2019t really that bad, I just hate the thought of food without some sort of gelatinous goodness). One lady\u2019s story in particular happened to catch my attention, because of how dedicated she seemed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it would be better if I just did meal prep every week instead of eating out,\u201d she said. \u201cOne of my girlfriends even suggested that I try making smoothies in the mornings before work.\u201d The amount of vegetables and other strange foods that she described being blended into this concoction was frightening to say the least, and not something I would be able to stomach in the slightest. The factor that impressed me the most was that she was still \u201ccommitted to the crime\u201d, as she put it.<\/p>\n

A slightly more humorous resolution was made by a young woman who told me that her goal was to \u201cget a promotion within two weeks of the beginning of January.\u201d It just so happens that she actually did manage to get her promotion, which completely baffled me. Did this woman click on one of those \u2018Huntsville mom makes over $100,000 a day \u2014 click here to find out how!\u2019 ads and it actually worked? Did she impress her manager to such an extent that the manager just turned the position over to her? Nope. The secret was that her manager happened to be going on maternity leave within the timeframe that she chose. I don\u2019t know if you would call that cheating on a resolution or not, but I guess the end goal was still accomplished.<\/p>\n

And finally, we have the non-believers. Those who don\u2019t bother with the task of preparing a resolution and seek to set goals without the need for a specific date to do so.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust get on with it,\u201d said one man, \u201cdon\u2019t think about it, just deal with it and keep moving. You can\u2019t just wait around for the one day a year that might bring you closer to your goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the Huntsvillians had some very funny and unique answers, that response was, in my opinion, some the best advice I had heard all day. So, let\u2019s be honest with ourselves: do we really a New Year to improve our lives?<\/p>\n

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