New Year's Resolution Idea: Take a Trip

January 9 2009 by Neal Mueller

TakeaTrip.jpg"Take a Trip" is one of the most popular New Year's resolutions. I think it should be the most popular resolution. Here's the list published by the U.S. Government. "Take a Trip" is such an awesome goal, and way more fun than so many others.

Some other top items on the list are "lose weight," "eat right," and "get fit." Those sound so vague, non-time bounded, and not so much fun. My advice in 2009 is to put away the Slim Fast and the Ab Roller, and take a trip.

My preferred type of trip is an outdoorsy trip.

For a simple trip, try this:
Step 1: Turn off TV or Computer.
Step 2: Drive/walk/run to the nearest forest, beach or lake.
Step 3: Discover the beautiful flora and fauna that lives through quiet observation.
Step 4: Breathe a sigh of relief as you realize how much nicer that was then the Ab Roller.

For an adventurous trip, try this:


  • Visit a national park

  • Travel somewhere gloriously warm or shockingly cold (e.g. the Yucatan or Alaska)

  • Visit your ancestral land (e.g. Ireland, Israel, Kenya, China)

  • Be an adventurer for a day (hike to Everest base camp, ride a hot air balloon, go spelunking, soar in a glider, race a racecar)

Life is hard enough without an awful New Year's resolution to get you down. Besides, I think the best way to get fit, lose weight, and eat right is to go somewhere, eat with the locals and walk all over the place!

What are your New Year's resolutions?

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