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Its that time again… Top Ten New Years Resolutions!

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Bay Realty,Inc Homer Alaska

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Top Ten New Year Resolutions According to the GoalsGuy.com

1. Lose Weight and Get in Better Physical Shape

Physical activity builds physical vitality. With every year of your life, you have more to gain from being physically active; as your age-related risks of chronic disease increase, regular exercise generally slows or reverses that trend.

2. Stick to a Budget

It's been said that the best defense is a good offense. Developing and sticking to a realistic budget is a brilliant offensive move as it prevents overspending and ensures peace of mind.

3. Debt Reduction

Make a resolution now to stop charging anything and to get financially stable. If you can't pay cash for it, you don't need it, make it just that simple and you will find yourself out of debt in no time at all.

Keep a diary of all money spent, whether it is by cash, check, credit card, etc. Once you know where your money is going, then, and only then, can you take the steps needed to prepare a good budget that you can live with and make huge strides to budgeting your debt away.

4. Enjoy More Quality Time with Family & Friends

More and more people are resolving to spend more quality time with family and friends this year. This means you must consciously decide to actively and purposely work on improving your family situation every day.

5. Find My Soul Mate

Romance is alive and well as more and more people are looking for that special someone, their soul mate who lights their fire, the ONE whom they love unequivocally and who shares their worldview.

6. Quit Smoking

Becoming a non-smoker is probably one of the best decisions you can ever make, and is a life changing as well as a life saving decision. If you smoke QUIT!

7. Find a Better Job

Many people resolve to find better jobs or to take a new approach to the jobs they've already got.

Does your current career path match your core interests, beliefs, values, needs and skills. Resolve to ask and answer those essential questions before making any new career changes.

8. Learn Something New

People throughout the world are realizing that a strong resolve to lifelong learning is more than just education and training beyond formal schooling.. Challenge your mind in the coming year, break out of currents routines and challenge every comfort zone and watch your horizons expand.

9. Volunteer and Help Others

A popular, non-selfish New Year's resolution, volunteerism can take many forms such as spending time helping out at your local library, mentoring a child, or building a house to name a few. Resolve to replace the pursuit of success and materialism with the pursuit of contribution and generosity.

10. Get Organized

Resolve this year to plan your days, reduce interruptions, clean off your desk, say "No", and make detailed lists. The benefits of getting more organized include being able to save time, as you no longer look for the same things over and over again or need to replace things you can't find at all.

You will reduce stress because when you know where everything is, You will also find yourself being much more productive, as all the time you once spent looking for things can now be used to do more important or more enjoyable tasks.

The ability to staying organized lets you focus on accomplishing your most important goals. That's the true benefit of being organized.

 

Gary Ryan Blair is the inspiration behind New Year's Resolution Week. This annual event was founded on the premise, that a single resolution can positively and profoundly create lasting change in your life and help to make the world a better place. To become part of the world's largest personal change initiative, visit www.GoalsGuy.com

 

Comments(6)

Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

#1 it is....on the straight and narrow.....

Dec 27, 2009 07:23 PM
Norma J. Elkins
Elite Realty Group - Morristown, TN
Realtor - Elkins Home Selling Team

All of them sound good to me --- I would prefer to change the order of some of them!  Good Luck to you in the New Year!

Dec 27, 2009 09:35 PM
Betty Knowles
Southwest Missouri Realty - Springfield, MO
Ready to sell? Call Betty!

Debra, I don't set resolutions because they are too easy to break. Instead I set goals and break them down into specific tasks to make sure I accomplish them!

Dec 28, 2009 12:08 AM
Debra Leisek
Bay Realty,Inc Homer Alaska - Homer, AK

Hello everyone... yes resolutions are easy to break... goals are something to aim for and accomplish!

these resolutions are from a national survey... very interesting and I think on target for what many people think about at the new year...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Dec 28, 2009 05:19 AM
John Alexandrov
REIC™ - Northborough, MA

Debra,

I don't mean to rain (no pun intended) on the parade here but I think there is an even better option than goals or resolutions.

I do like what areas of life you are focusing on, but I've actually found in my own life, and with the agents I coach, that setting "promises" is a thousand times more effective than setting goals. Everyone who reads this, including myself, has failed to accomplish a lot of goals over the course of our life. But how many of us have let down our promises to ourself? If we truly have personal integrity and a desire to improve, we always accomplish our promises. I would suggest dropping the out-dated method of setting goals and urge you to learn how to set promises that will actually affect your life. I just posted about this recently...if you want to have a look click here.

Hope this helps! Thank you,

John Alexandrov

CEO, Real Estate Inner Circle

www.RealEstateInnerCircle.net

Dec 30, 2009 05:24 AM
Debra Leisek
Bay Realty,Inc Homer Alaska - Homer, AK

very good advice John... and I am off to check out your post..one  promise i will make is to check my comments more often.. we lear so much from each other here on the rain!

Dec 31, 2009 03:56 AM