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title: A New Year... 2013
date: 2013-01-03T19:50:53Z
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I’ve never been a fan of “New Year’s Resolutions” as a concept. Well, let me clarify: I don’t have a problem with _other people_ making new year’s resolutions; I just don’t make a practice of making my own.

As I told my kids when they asked yesterday if I had made any resolutions, my resolutions for this year are the same as they are for every day of my life: to be a good and kind person; to offer assistance and render aid to others when possible; and to do my part to make the world a better place, including practicing environmental stewardship, recycling, promoting clean foods, and spreading good cheer.[![](http://elizabethyarnell.com/WP/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Yarnell_red_web-214x300.jpg "Yarnell_red_web")

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Instead of making fancy “resolutions,” I prefer to take a moment at the turn of the year to reflect on the year that has passed. By the numbers, my 2012 included:

**126 Jazzercise classes** (a personal best, I believe! Since I started Jazzercising at this center in 2008, I’ve attended a total of 970 classes. The only reason I know this is because it is tracked on their computer. Although, now that I think about it, I wonder if the count began with the current ownership in 2004-ish. I’ll have to ask. Still, I don’t think I’ve ever done more Jazzercise in one calendar year before. And this doesn’t even count the Pure Barre, yoga, and pole dancing classes I’ve squeezed in here and there.)

**155 blog posts** (definitely a record for me!) Since I started writing this blog in 2008, I’ve published a total of 544 posts.

**10,000+ visitors** to my blog each month!

**46,000+ copie**s of **_Glorious One-Pot Meals_** sold since the it was first released in 2005!

**88 new clients** tested for food sensitivities and enjoying symptom-free living.

**12+ paid speaking gigs** and/or published articles.

In short, I feel good about my personal fitness and my career trajectory. My family eats healthily (lots of [Glorious One-Pot Meals](http://www.gloriousonepotmeals.com "glorious one pot meals cookbook")!), and my kids are healthy and happy. Most satisfying this year has been helping others reduce or eliminate their suffering though simply [changing their diets](http://elizabethyarnell.com/Nutrition/Nutrition.htm "LEAP MRT food sensitivity testing").

It bodes to be a good year. I hope it does for you as well. Thanks for sticking with me.