Who keeps New Years resolutions?

New Years resolutions...how many people actually keep them??

J and I do. Oddly, this is the first year we have but still, we are.

We are not exactly the same. J is more business and technical, where I am more creative and artistic. But in no way are we opposite. Unlike the popular saying and belief...opposite DO NOT attract. We have the same ideals and beliefs, along with our respect and love for our families. We set high standards and expectations for ourselves and stick by them, no matter what. Most importantly, we support and encourage each other to no ends, even if its not something the other has interest in.

Me, I tell stories. Stories through art, music, and books. And although J isn't the fiction type of girl, she'll read, listen, and look at whatever I have and give me valuable input that I couldn't do without.

J, she's an analyzer. A predictor of sorts. Her quest for knowledge and a better way of life feeds me. She's a stock trader by day and a searcher by night. Although I have no knowledge of the stock market, I listen to her ideas and analogies and I give her the encouragement and uneducated input that she needs and fuels her self with.

Its the perfect balance. (Even though I will be the first to say that to be deemed perfect should be an insult.)

So this year, our New Year's resolution was to have six pack abs by June. Something I hadn't had since high school and something she had never had. We set our goal and even started our exercise plan a week before the new year. And almost every single night since, we have been doing it. There is no trying, only doing.

Since we have started, she has lost 15lbs. Me, I've lost 17lbs. She was already thinner than I was so the six pack abs that we've been striving for is much more noticeable on her than me. I've got 20lbs on her, so I might not make the goal of June, but I'm not going to stop working for them.

We've added to the routine along the way. Instead of just the abs, we are working on a full body transformation. Pretty much from head to toe. And today, after the vicious routine, I feel like Arnold Schwarzenegger. I can barely raise my arms to the keyboard, and masochistically...it feels so damn good.

The difference I feel when I put my arms around her and when she does the same to me and whispers, "You're so little", is more than enough encouragement to keep pushing. I think I like this New Year's resolution stuff and I wish I would have started keeping them sooner.

I think I might make a mid-year resolution to quit smoking. Maybe...