Here we stand, poised on the brink of the New Year and what, exactly, are you planning to do about it? It s time for all those New Year s Resolutions... and this year, why don t we think about making a commitment to something we can truly keep?
If you ve been spending a monthly fee on a gym membership but have become somewhat fuzzy on exactly where the gym is, it s time to get out of it. If you re on a contract, find out if there is a way to get out of it. If you re on a month per month basis, end it now. Let s face it: if you ve been not going to the gym for a prolonged period of time despite the fact that your hard earned cash is making it to their hot little palms every month, you re probably not going to start going just because you ve ripped the last calendar page off of 2008.
Buy yourself a Wii and a Wii Fit. Heck, even if you just buy yourself a Wii, you re probably doubling the amount of couch exercise you get! Once you feel comfortable in gym clothes again, maybe you can drag that old gym membership out of mothballs...and this time, the gym may even work to stimulate your social life.
Another thing: use the New Year as a reason to not say anything mean about anybody. You probably believe that you already don t indulge in petty behavior, but if you really watch yourself, you ll see that you do, from time to time, think unkind thoughts about the girl at the dry cleaner or really, really unkind thoughts about the guy who cut you off at the exit. You ll see that you feel much better about yourself when you don t treat people as if you were a thirteen year old girl.
This is the chance to be the best you that you can be. Get a decent haircut, pluck or shear the hairs from your nostrils. Cut your nails decently and keep your toenails at a length that won t create holes in your bed sheets although, if you have white sheets, you could use these sheets make a create a scary ghost costume. If you re a high maintenance guy, get rid of the spray tan and the surfer blond locks they make you look like Kato Kaelin. Get to work on time every day, and eat your breakfast before you sit down at your desk at home, in fact, would be a good idea. Don t make promises you can t possibly keep, and keep your house clean. If you re married or in a committed living arrangement, be fair about helping to do your share. And always, always, always look your very best.
If you are stylistically challenged, you need to figure out how to know what to wear. Theoretically, you could take some of that leftover gym money and take out a subscription to some men s magazine or other. However, I warn you that if you don t have a keen understanding of style and fashion and there is a difference, my friends you may end up looking like a lost member of the Ringling Brothers clown crew. In magazines, you see, they go a bit over the top. Better to choose a variety of sources: me, for instance, and a salesman at a really good men s store, to which you never, ever go without a voice of reason.
A voice of reason is the person who keeps you from purchasing orange corduroy shorts embroidered with aqua seahorses. Sales people will try to sell you these things because their sales are being tracked for commission or other benefits, and because after looking at box after box of newly arrive white button down shirts and blue pants, the orange sings to their creative spirits. The fact that their companies work very hard to make them believe they are selling the very finest of men s merchandise makes them want to share their good fortune with you. So bring a voice of reason. This should be a person with relatively good taste that will laugh at you like crazy when you emerge from the dressing room in the orange shorts and not a person who will say, Hey, I want a pair of those in fuchsia!
And please, make this the year that you are prepared for every funeral, every wedding, every major life event. Go now, during the sales, and buy yourself a beautiful dark suit, and good white shirt, and two smart ties one in a somber tone and the other in a festive tone. Buy a pair of excellent black shoes lace ups are more formal, so if you can t afford two pairs, buy lace ups.
Where everything else is impeccable, your watch and cuff links don t have to be expensive but they do have to be classic. A simple stainless steel or gold watch, and a pair of cufflinks monogrammed with an initial or three in a matching metal will be suitable for any occasion. If you are headed to a festive event not a funeral or IRS audit you might choose a pair that gives you a pop of color, such as enameled or even jeweled cufflinks.
Start off 2010 with simple, classic things of the best quality you can afford and add as you like. If you choose the best, they will last you a lifetime and that s not a bad solution for a New Year s Resolution.
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