What New Years' Resolutions Did You Make?

I don't make New Year's resolutions, as I find them too easily broken.
Rather I tend toward life changes.
Swimming more laps, putting my house in order and taking less crap sounds good to me!

so many...to name a few: 1)perfect bellydancing skills 2)start graduate school 3) drink more water 4) learn to play the accordion

I like yours. And I agree with spending more time with family and friends and building relationships. I am pretty committed to a fitness program--running, weights, but some other pursuits would be good. I tend not to make resolutions I know I won't keep--I like terri's "life changes" and maria's "gentle suggetions" ;)

My resolutions are:

1. Get my blog started (which I did on New Year's Day, so I guess this will have to be amended with "post to the blog regularly")

2. Publicize my blog: Please visit http://notreviequotidien.blogspot.com/

3. Be more expressive of my love for my daughter :-)

4. Take better care of my skin and my teeth (so far, so good)

I saw a great morning news program a few years back, on New Year's Eve wherein a psychologist was interviewed regarding new year's resolutions and the best way to find success with them.

His advice was:
1. be specific;
2. quantify the goal;
3. garner support of close friends, i.e. make your goals known and ask your friends to help keep you on track;
4. have a way to measure success periodically and dole out appropriate rewards for each success....

I found this structure to be very helpful and have used this advice for several years, with success at reaching the most important resolutions. Personally, I have better success when I do not make too many.

Therefore, my advice is focus on the quality of your resolution(s), rather than on the quantity! Instead of filling the page with resolutions, fill the page with ideas of how you will accomplish the two or three that are most important to you. Save the loftier (more difficult) goals for your five year plan or your ten year plan.

Should you find half-way through the year that you have accomplished all of your New Year's resolutions, then make some new ones July 4th. Finding yourself in this position is much more satisfying and encouraging than feeling, mid-year, that you have failed to scratch the surface.

I don't make resolutions because I never keep them.

I want to spend more quality time with those I love.

To weigh less this week than I did last week. (Rinse, lather, repeat for all 52 weeks).

To be published is the main one for me!

I have some goals but they are so many, thank you!

To wade through all the stuff to get my computer to work again. Not havin' a good day!!

How are you guys coming along with your New Years' Resolutions. I'm lagging. Stephen

to do better in everything

Hi Nyota, good one, that just about covers it all. Stephen

It's funny looking at last year's New Year's resolutions isn't it?

Hi Sarah, yes it is. There are a lot of good ones up there! Happy New Year, Stephen

I dont do it anymore but I am growing in the lord a lot too though