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t's one thing to make New Year's resolutions,
quite another to keep them. With you as
my witness, I resolve to keep all of most
of some of these 8 resolutions — at least
until we meet here again next
month.
I will go to the gym.
We all start off the
New Year with lofty fit-
ness resolutions, but I
mean it this time. Instead
of collapsing on the recliner
when I get off work, I'm going to get this pear-shaped bod back in
shape. OR nursing is strenuous, but taking 10,000 steps in an 8-hour
shift is not the same as a cardio work on a treadmill — even though I
feel like a hamster on a wheel most days — and lifting a 350-pound
patient's tree trunk of a leg while someone preps it doesn't count as
bench pressing. Yes, I will use my gym membership, but only after the
annoying resolutioners fade away before the calendar flips to
February. I can't stand crowds.
I will eat healthy. You can't out-train a bad diet. When Mom told
me to clean my plate, she wasn't talking about the cake plate.
Besides, no reputable surgeon is going to remove my belly and butt
fat and call it a lumpectomy.
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Behind Closed Doors
Paula Watkins, RN
My 2020 New Year's Resolutions
I'll be happy if I stick with a few of these 8 intentions.