New Year

Happy New Year Wishes(2008)
From 101lifeStyle.com

New Year Resolutions:

It is believed that the Babylonians were the first to make New Year's resolutions, and people all over the world have been breaking them ever since. The early Christians believed the first day of the new year should be spent reflecting on past mistakes and resolving to improve oneself in the new year.

New Year Resolutions are nothing but short-term annual goals that help us to improve and break out of bad habits. However, most people forget about it the very next day and get on with their jobs and lives as usual.

Tips On How To Keep Your New Year Resolutions:
1. Keep a realistic Goal, something that can be attained. E.g. Losing 20 kgs weight.
2. Evaluate the price in terms of sacrifice, risk, time, efforts, money, perseverance and willpower that you will need to fulfill your New Year resolution and be ready to pay it.
3. When you create your New Year master plan, keep goals down to a manageable number and group similar areas.
4. Keep New Years resolutions by writing your goals in enough detail for everyone to understand and agree what's meant.
5. 5. Communicate your goals with friends or spouse so that you can get help if needed.
6. If You have a big New Year Resolution, break it up into smaller mini goals so that it becomes easy to manage on a day to day basis.
7. Give yourself a prize or a gift whenever you complete a New Year Resolution so that you are encouraged to fulfill others too.
8. Try to write down the steps that you are taking to achieve your goal.This way you will know exactly where you stand.
9. Be persistent. If you have a goal of shedding those stubborn extra kilos.Be consistent with your workout regime.
10. If you have not completed your last year's resolution, include it again in your list for 2006 and make sure that you keep it this time. Also examine the points that made you fail and try to overcome them.
11. Place reminders that keep popping up weekly or every third day throughout the year so that you do not chuck out your New year Resolution list once the euphoria celebration wears off. These reminders can be kept in your daily diary, set online or be from your close friends. You can also keep resolution journals for the purpose that you go through regularly.