New Year Resolutions 2014!

Survey says…   
Top  10 New Years resolutions for 2014
 1 Lose Weight
 2 Getting Organized
 3 Spend Less, Save More
 4 Enjoy Life to the Fullest
 5 Staying Fit and Healthy
 6 Learn Something Exciting
 7 Quit Smoking
 8 Help Others in Their Dreams
 9 Fall in Love
10 Spend More Time with Family

(By the way, if you work on #2 you could also achieve #1, #3, #4, #6, #8, & #10 & who knows what else!)
 
45% of us will make a resolution        
75% will maintain our resolution through the first week 
64% will maintain past 6 months
24% will never succeed and will fail on our resolution  (ouch!)

When you made that resolution last year, did you have a plan to achieve your vision or did you just imagine what it looked like?
Resolve away, but know how you will get there. Follow these steps to success. 

1 Clearly stated goal (simple, not too general)
2  Action Plan  (clear steps to get there)
3  Resources (friend, professional, other)
4  Reasonable time frame (be sensible about how long it will take)

Like this…
1 I will organize my kitchen 
2 Purge pantry of outdated items or things I wont use 
    remove appliances, gadgets, dishware, etc I don’t like or use any more
    put  thngs back properly 
    (you get the  picture!)
3 I will call a professional organizer for assistance
4 Job will be complete by January 31 by working on Monday mornings
 
Or this…
1 I will lose 25 pounds
2 exercise 4 times a week (walk, yoga class, etc)     
   make healthier food choices
   avoid my triggers
3 I will join WW and have a friend be my buddy for exercise and accountability
4 I will have weight off by April 1  

Break your goals down to manageable bites and you will not set yourself up to fail.
 
I believe the 75% set a GOAL not a RESOLUTION.  
For you 24%, never say RESOLUTION!  This is a GOAL only year!

 Survey Source: University of Scranton. Journal of Clinical Psychology - published 12.13.13

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