New Year's Resolutions

Many make them, few follow through.  We know this and yet year in, year out we feel compelled at this turn of the calendar to place a line in the sand.  It's interesting, as I think we almost look at these now as things that don't have to be followed through on, a free pass given our desire for that extra junk food, or to do less when doing more is the right thing.  They've become hollow and pointless.

So - I've got a resolution for you.  Well, perhaps more of a suggestion.  Don't do new year's resolutions  this year, and if you have already - then throw it away in the same public or private manner as you've declared it.  Officially abandon them.

Take the month of January off.

Then, on February 1st, make a single (only one) resolution to do something to improve your lot in life.  It has be SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time-bound).  Do it for the month of February.  Make it really happen, knowing it's only 4 weeks.

Then, on March 1st do another one.  This one will be different, and while possibly complimentary it should stand on it's own, and also be SMART.  Focus on this one alone for the month of March.  Really do what it takes to make it happen.  It's only 31 days, of course you can do that.

And so on, and so on all year long.

At the end of 2013, you will have had 11 resolutions, each manageable, each done for a short period only.  I'll bet you succeeded with a number of them. I'll bet you even carried some of these 'enhanced' behaviors forward.

There's great reward in a sense of achievement.  By following this approach, that can be your 2013 - the year you followed through and did it.