Happy New Year! Welcome to 2015. We don’t know what this year has in store for us, apart from the General Election in May - and no doubt endless party political broadcasts and leafl ets through the door before then.
Have you made any New Year’s Resolutions? I tend not to any more - I seldom seem to keep them, so I save myself the heartache of setting myself up for failure! Having said that, my New Year’s Resolution last year was to join Twitter, and I did that, and as I’m still on it as I type this column I guess that’s been a fairly successful one.
Although really we shouldn’t have to wait until New Year to make positive changes in our lives - we can do that any day.
So what is it about the New Year that makes us focus our minds on change?
I think we perhaps see it as a kind of re-birth - I’m minded here of the cartoons of Old Father Time being replaced by a baby. Time for a clean slate, to start again and leave the past behind us.
Doubtless there will be scores of people saying ‘New Year, New Career’, or starting house hunting, joining weight-loss programmes or taking out gym memberships.
After over-indulging at Christmas and New Year parties, heading to the gym seems like a good idea to get in shape again. Just remember that buying the gym membership isn’t the solution - you actually need to go there regularly to see the benefi ts, otherwise it’s just your bank balance that gets slimmer!
As I’ve probably mentioned before, I’m a fan of walking. I walk everywhere I can, even in the rain, it’s a great way of keeping fi t, and best of all it’s free.
They say that a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step, so if you’re looking for a way to start exercising this year, why not head outside for a walk and enjoy our beautiful Northamptonshire countryside?
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