A couple of weeks ago, I talked about how the third week of January is when people fall off the resolution wagon. I imagine Super Bowl Sunday is really the day where people let go of any pretense of a healthy resolution for the year. (If you were at a Super Bowl party yesterday, did any one bring up New Year resolutions?) Let's be honest, for a lot of people the food at the party is more important than the game itself. That brings us to today; the day after the Super Bowl. Today can be your reset. I was reminded of this by a Facebook memory. Apparently a few years ago, I made a public proclimation to not drink (adult beverages) for a month after the Super Bowl.
It reminds me of the old Chris Farley Saturday Night Live sketch "Diet Starts Monday". Super Bowl Sunday, like New Year's Eve and Mondays, serve as a great breaking point to start something new or to pick something back up.
There are a lot of these moments throughout the year. They're usually around major holidays and they give us these natural assessment points. For people with kids these might coincide with breaks from school. For the working folks, it could be any of those days where you get a paid day off.
All is not loss if your resolution has fallen by the wayside. You can use today, Super Bowl Monday, to start over (today should be a holiday anyway, it's not like any of us are being that productive). Then check on your progress around Easter/Passover. If you keep it up until then, great keep going. If you don't, reset.
The point here is that starting, stopping and starting again is still progressing. Sure it would be great to start and never stop but life sometimes has other plans. There's no need to concede and wait until the next New Year. You can start over on the next holiday, major event or better yet tomorrow even.
