{"id":334,"date":"2008-01-03T16:24:16","date_gmt":"2008-01-03T15:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2008\/01\/03\/no-new-years-resolutions-for-mark-lewis\/"},"modified":"2008-01-03T16:24:16","modified_gmt":"2008-01-03T15:24:16","slug":"no-new-years-resolutions-for-mark-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2008\/01\/03\/no-new-years-resolutions-for-mark-lewis\/","title":{"rendered":"No New Year&#8217;s resolutions for Mark Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year!<\/p>\n<p>I hope everyone had a good festive season and is not feeling too bloated with over-indulgence!<br \/>\n<!--more-->Nights over Christmas was uneventful for me (I work in surgery), so uneventful in fact that I let my house officer go and help the medics out with some procedures on Christmas Day (well, it is the season of good will and all you know!). I guess that turkey and alcohol is a miraculous cure for non-specific abdominal pain.<\/p>\n<p>January seems like a good time to reflect on how things are moving and maybe instigate a few changes &#8211; I personally do not make New Year&#8217;s Resolutions, it seems a bit like doing an audit on oneself and one that&#8217;s certainly very unlikely to be published. For me, the first part of 2008 will be spent either revising for post graduate exams or applying for a job for August &#8211; at least worrying about both of those things will help keep my weight down!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll keep you posted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a good festive season and is not feeling too bloated with over-indulgence! 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