How to Accomplish Your New Year’s Resolutions

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New Year’s resolutions are goals or promises that people make for the New Year holiday to try to make their upcoming year better in some way.

Many people sometimes find it difficult to maintain and accomplish their resolutions. Here is a list of things you can do to help make sure you accomplish the goals you set for the New Year.

1 Brainstorm about changes and improvements you’d like to make. These can be about anything, not just the big ones like quitting smoking and losing weight that many people associate with New Year’s resolutions. Jot down some notes while doing the following:
- Consider how you can improve your health. Ask yourself, Can I drink more water? Quit smoking? Stop eating fast food or fried food? Become vegetarian? Exercise more?
- Consider your relationships with others. Are there ways that you can be a better spouse, parent, other family member, or friend?
- Consider your work life. Ask yourself, Can I be more successful and happier at work? Be more organized? Stop procrastinating?
- Consider ways to make a difference. Are there ways you could make a difference in the world through activism, awareness raising or promoting a cause?
2 Choose one or two attainable larger goals. Look over your notes and determine what items on it are most important to you. Don’t take too long choosing; often it’s the things that leap out at you straight away that have the most meaning for you personally.
3 Create “systems.” Systems are the ways that you carry out a larger goal. You need to break down large goals into smaller actions that can are easier to carry out. If you leave your larger goals too vague, you may get confused and change your mind frequently on the ways to accomplish them. This is the purpose of creating systems.
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