Another year gone, another year's worth of resolution's not followed through on...is that what you've been thinking the past couple of days? Maybe you need to think of them less as resolutions and more as goals. I think that I tend to focus at least a little better on completing goals than resolutions (why, I'm not quite sure). Try to think of 2 or 3 areas of your life that you'd like to improve, and work on goals that are relevant to those life areas. Areas could include work, family, relational, physical, emotional, spiritual, and so on. Work related goals could be to have a few more sales or help improve processes. Family goals could include eating dinner together a certain number of nights per week or having a family night once a week.
Once some potential goals are in place, try to prioritize them and focus on the top few. Otherwise, you could feel overwhelmed by having so many to attain. Put your goals in writing and assign a time frame to each of them. Eating dinner as a family, for example, might mean a gradual increase from twice a week at first to 5 times a week in 6 months (or whatever time frame you determine). Keep the goals in sight so that you are regularly reminded of them, and find someone to whom you can be accountable. If your goals seem too difficult (or too easy), talk to your accountability partner and see if modification is necessary. Once goals are met, celebrate! Go out with your family or co-workers and enjoy your accomplishments!
Once some of the goals are met, you may want to re-evaluate your circumstances and see if there are new goals with which to challenge yourself. My guess is that if you're like me, there will always be areas of improvement in your life.
Make 2009 the best year yet!
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