This is Not A New Year's Resolution, or, Sir, We're Lazy.

I don't believe in New Year's resolutions. I know it's February, and I'm a little behind the ball on this post...
but I still just don't believe in them. It's sort of the same way I don't believe in diets. In each, you promise yourself to do something, either for a limited period of time, or permenantly, and in each, you end up stopping. I don't believe in the formality, because I believe in intent changes. So, I don't believe in New Year's resolutions. I do, however, believe in everyday resolutions.
Disclaimer: The following is NOT a New Year's resolution.

My family is super unhealthy. Especially this time of year. We're so inactive, and so busy that normal, healthy dinners fall by the wayside. Every night, we plop down in front of our screens and sit in the same room together for two hours, without saying a word to one another. It just seems all wrong to me.
My plan is to make my family healthier. Not just me, but my entire family. I hate the thought of seeing all of us turn into vegetables. Honestly, it makes me depressed. Which is why I'm doing something about it. The issue then lies in how I decide to go about this. It's much more difficult to say, "Hey, Mom, Dad, we're all lazy and fat, let's go run a mile!" than it would seem. Which is part of why I decided to officially create the first ever Pelletier odometer challenge. We're starting in April (or, they are. More on this later), when hopefully most of the snow is gone, and going to the end of September. The goal is to see who can get the most miles on their bicycle odometer. At first, this started out just between myself and my mom, dad, and brother. Then, after some online banter, an aunt jumped in. Then a cousin.
The competition just grew and grew, and now there are more than ten of us competing to win the pool of money (ten dollars for each contestant).
But that's just the beginning, and it doesn't quite solve the screen issue. This will take more effort on my part.