| > | | | | - Keep an "action file." |
| "As a new year begins, we start reflecting on the | | | | - Organize three things every day |
| past and decide we are going to change. We want | | | | - Set yourself up on a schedule |
| to accomplish something. A new year could spark a | | | | - Take time to enjoy yourself and your family. |
| new beginning; however, it gives most of us time to | | | | - Invest in a family planner. |
| make excuses for quitting. | | | | - Save money. |
| Some of us might last until March, some of us don't | | | | - Write a journal, do it daily. |
| last more than a few weeks. :o) | | | | Of course there are the more common New Year's |
| In my online marketing business, I feel the following 8 | | | | Resolutions like: |
| areas are a great place to focus on change for the | | | | - Exercise more. |
| new year. | | | | - Eat healthier food. |
| I don't want to call them New Year's resolutions, that | | | | - Lose weight. |
| makes it easy to give up on them. I would rather call | | | | - Quit smoking. |
| them, | | | | I plan to stay focused on the 8 above. Of course if I |
| "My Checklist to Improvement and Change" | | | | can manage to add a few of these bottom ones |
| By renaming my goals, I can put them in a different | | | | that would be great. |
| perspective in my mind. A checklist is something you | | | | I have already accomplished the quit smoking! (I |
| will want to refer back to on a daily basis. | | | | never started in the first place :o) |
| A failed New Year's resolution is something you don't | | | | Success starts with developing a clear strategy. If |
| even want to admit you made. This is especially true | | | | you're serious about making some changes in your |
| if you aren't successful with it. | | | | life, focus on what's important to you and develop a |
| - Turn off the TV! | | | | plan for reaching your goals. |