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Making Your New Year's Resolutions Count
Not many people make New Year's resolutions anymore. This once popular custom has pretty much gone the way of the pay phone.
Most of the people who do make resolutions don't take them very seriously. They neither give them much thought or feel obligated to stick to them.
Conversely, some of us hold the strong belief that making a few thoughtful resolutions annually can help us become better people and perhaps even make a small but positive change in the world.
Try these six steps.
1. Think seriously about the changes you would like to make in your life, changes with potential to make a real impact.
2. Be sure you can muster the self-discipline to stick to the resolutions you make.
3. Resolve to do something, or stop doing something, that you believe will make you a better person.
4. Resolutions need not always be difficult or unpleasant. Resolve to do something to reduce your stress, make yourself happy, or doing something enjoyable you have put off. A Hawaiian vacation, perhaps?
5. Resolve to treat at least one person you love better than ever before. Be more patient, more considerate, more supportive, more understanding, more willing to compromise, and freer with praise.
6. Promise yourself that you will give some of your money and/or time to at least one not-for-profit or charitable organization. Make a difference.
Make and stick to a few well-conceived resolutions and you can improve your life and those of many others far more than you might imagine.
About the Author Daniel Z. Kane is an educator, author, and website creator whose interests include accelerated online degree programs and online college graduate programs in mathematics and the sciences.
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