Don’t be one of the Resolution People: hit the gym now

Gym-goers beware: the Resolution People are coming.

You know the ones. The people who overindulge during the holidays and make a commitment to start a new way of life on January 1.

They put energy and enthusiasm into their new or long-dormant gym membership, making a mess, fiddling on their phones while sitting on the equipment, talking more than exercising, taking the exact machines I want to use at the exact times I want them, and generally just being in the way.

I’m joking a little bit of course. I love to see and hear about people taking steps to improve their lives.

But it only really means something if you stick with it, right?

As is the custom, the herd enters my gym early in the new year. The month wears on and the herd is thinned as the quitters start piling up.

Unwilling to stick with a good behaviour long enough for it to become a habit, they start missing days, eating crappier food, and spending their nights in front of Netflix drinking beer.

By mid-February, the gym has returned to homeostasis.

What YouTube and gym quitters have in common

This is a bit off-topic, but I’m currently trying to develop a YouTube channel.

My goal is to get monetized within six months, so I’m looking a lot at other people’s channels that cover similar topics I do to see…