Only eight percent of people stick to their New Year's Resolutions.
That's pretty harrowing.
But we at Mentor Public Library are ready to help you lose weight, save money, find a better job or attain whatever goal you have set for yourself in 2015.
1. Lose weight & be healthier
This is the most popular resolution, so let's start here.
If you want to lose weight or just generally be more fit, we have books on eating better, cookbooks with healthy recipes and exercise DVDs you can borrow.
Your Mentor Public Library Core Card also lets you try out local gyms, karate and studios for free, including Lake County YMCA, Mentor Heisley Racquetball and Fitness Club, Karate Institute, Family Karate and Spotlight Dance Studio. (Here's a list of all the discounts you get around town—just for having a library card.) Get out there and see what works for you.
We also have a pair of programs scheduled for January, specifically designed to help you get healthy.
On Monday, Jan. 5, Awaken Yoga is offering a free introduction to yoga at our Main Branch. Yoga is a great way to relieve stress, build strength and (when paired with a healthy diet) lose weight. This class is designed to accommodate people of all health and skill levels. You can register for it here. By the way, Awaken Yoga is also of our Core Card partners.
Then, on Jan. 13, Dr. Misty Morris of Morris Chiropractic will offer 10 steps to help people lose weight this year.
2. Find a better career
This year, we're teaming with experts from Ohio Means Jobs for a series of programs designed to help you jump-start your career. In January, we'll talk about how to build a winning résumé; in February, we're hosting a computer class specifically for job seekers; and, in March, we'll offer advice on how to ace job interviews.
This is in addition to the computer classes on how to use Facebook, Microsoft Word, Publisher and email we have slated for this February.
3. Learn something new
There are hundreds of thousands of ways to learn something new. Literally every item in our collection could potentially teach you something you didn't already know.
Beyond that, you can check out Gale Courses for hundreds of online classes. (You may remember the service by its former name, Learn4Life.)
Gale Courses has classes on everything from music to technology to accounting, many of which are taught by college professors. And they're all free with a Mentor Public Library card.
If you specifically want to learn a new language, try Transparent Language. Its online classes offers a simple, intuitive way to learn the basics of more than 80 different languages—pretty much any language you can think of, everything from Albanian to Zulu.
4. Save money and get your finances in order
We have more than 200,000 books, movies and CDs in our collection, and that's not even counting our digital services that let you read eBooks and stream music, movies and audiobooks anywhere and at anytime. (And that includes several books on how to best manage your money.)
Every time you borrow something from us, that's money you saved. That can add up to a lot of savings over the span of a year.
Also, our Core Card helps you save money with businesses and organizations all around Lake County.
5. Spend more time with your family
We offer a menagerie of story times for families, and they're starting a new session on Jan. 5.
But there are a lot of ways to use library resources to spend more time with your family. Borrow a stack of DVDs and start a family movie night.
And, while our story times are a lot of fun, there’s no substitute for reading to your child.
So we hope to see you soon. Whatever your resolution is, I'm sure we have a book, video or program that can help. Don't be shy. Just come up to the reference desk and ask for recommendations!
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