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6 Tips on How to Set Up New Year’s Resolution

2009-12-25T11:06:00.001+05:00

As the current year comes to an end and new one is about to begin, people are busy in making a new year’s resolution. In fact, new year provides an ideal opportunity to make a commitment to reinvent our new life.

It is a common mistake that on the eve of new year, excitement is so high that we set up ourselves for failure at the beginning by committing to make huge changes in our lives which will be quite hard to keep. Don’t fall to this trap. Instead follow the following 6 tips for making a successful new year’s resolution which you can keep for good:

Eliminate Negative Beliefs: First get rid off any negative thoughts and beliefs associated with new year’s resolutions. This can be easily done by deciding to create goals instead of resolution. Also make sure that goals you create for yourself should be specific, achievable and time bound.
Start Early: Don’t leave setting up goals for new year on 31 December, instead start the process now. This will leave enough time to set up better goals without any time pressure.
Evaluate Your Last Year Performance: This is very important step in setting right goals. Sit down, relax and think about your last year. How would you rate your performance in the last year? What were your positive/negative points? Note them in a notebook/notepad, whichever is convenient to you. Think again, what you can do, now, to eliminate your negative points and to increase your positive points? Write down whatever comes to your mind and note them.
Identify Your Heart’s Desire: Have a look at whatever you have noted down. Rephrase them in a form of goal and prioritize into a list by putting the one which you want to achieve anyhow, first. Remember, your goal should also match your heart’s desire otherwise you will not be able to achieve it due to lack of motivation and interest. The rule is simple, if your goal is not your heart’s desire leave it and go for item no. 2 on your list, instead.
Keep it simple. Do not go for more than 3 goals at one time. You will become overwhelmed, keep it manageable. Even, I would suggest one a time, this will ensure success.
Go for it: Once you have selected your goals, now is the time for action. Go for it 100%. Don’t let procrastination prevent you from achieving your goals.

If you are not ready to set up your own new year’s resolution, a hard way, then you might find my other post “List of New Year Popular Resolutions” helpful in selecting your new year’s resolution from list of other people’s popular resolutions.

List of New Year Popular Resolutions

2009-12-23T20:21:00.001+05:00

The New Year’s Eve is always an exciting time. It’s a time when we look back at our past and evaluate our achievements and at the same time we are looking forward to plan the changes we want to make and resolve to follow through on those changes.

In order to help you in setting right top of goals, following is the list of recommended new year’s resolutions:

Lose weight
Get Fit
Reduce intake of junk food
Quit smoking, drinking and other such habits
Get a better job
Get organized
Improve your knowledge
Learn something new
Get out of Debt
Save money
Become more cost-effective
Be more independent
Give more in charity
Spend more time with your family
Help others
Take a trip
Enjoy life more

If you have selected your new year’s resolution, then do share it with us by mentioning it in your comment.

Note: In case you have not find any resolution interesting enough to be pursued, or you want to make your own new year’s resolution then read my other post “6 Tips on How to Set Up New Year’s Resolution”.

Wrong Direction

2009-09-22T21:51:00.000+06:00

A father and his son, a young adult, were driving to the cottage. The father was worried, because his son had fallen into companionship with people who might lead him astray, and he was trying to help his son see that it was time for him to take his life a little more seriously.

“Aw, dad, I know you mean well, and I know I’m not really doing you proud, but I like to party. I’ll get on the right track some day. I don’t need to worry.”
They drove a little further, when suddenly the son said, “Hey dad, that was the turnoff for the cottage. You missed the turnoff.”

“I know,” said the father. “I think I’ll just keep driving this way for a while. I can always go back later to take the right road.”

A few more minutes – and a couple turnoffs – passed. The son began to think of the swimming he would miss if they arrived too late. “Dad, the farther you go down this road, the longer it will take to get back.”

The father replied, “That’s true. The further you go down the wrong track, the harder it is to get back. So when were you thinking of turning your life around to head down the right track?”

Where do you want to go? What do you want out of life? Most importantly, what are you waiting for?

// Credits: Taken from Self - Help Happiness Blog.