[derwiki]

I feel dirty trying to hawk my blog post, but I wrote one a few days ago about setting yourself up for success with New Year's Resolutions:

http://derwiki.tumblr.com/post/15086471518/setting-yourself-...

tl;dr is "pick measurable resolutions, try a bunch in a staggered manner starting with the most achievable first to gain momentum, don't be afraid to cut and run if some resolutions aren't making sense as you try to incorporate them into your life"

[Evgeny]

A nitpick: the amount of sit-ups you can do does not correlate well with the six-packness. At 20ish% body fat it's possible to train yourself for a huge amount of sit-ups, but your abs still would not be too visible.

If you have an ability to track your body fat with a decent precision, that would be a better metric.

[derwiki]

You're absolutely right. As another friend asked, "is the goal to actually increase ab strength or to receive an unprompted compliment from your girlfriend?" This resolution had what I felt was the least well defined goal/metric and will probably take some refining if I want to "succeed" at it.

To my downvoter, just curious: why? I thought my blog post was relevant, and it seemed better than taking 30 minutes to re-hash my thoughts into a HN comment.