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[WreckWench]

Hey gang....does this sound like you already and its only the 2nd day of January???

Guess it's 2010 now. On the one hand it's nice to have a fresh start, a new year. On the other much of what I planned to get done during this break didn't get done. So I'm a little worried as I head into the next week. I know I have tomorrow, and if things get really tight I have Sunday, but I'd really like things to be different, more organized, more clear the directions I want to take, more focused. I guess I'll have to do the best I can and remember that I am human but how do you really make new resolutions work anyway?

Or do you give up essentially before you begin?

I really hate saying this but I really don't like listing out resolutions because I never seem to be able to keep them. With that I do have goals for 2010 but I need to finish writing( it's blog /diary entry) it up as I have it tied into a interspective reflection of 2009.

There are ways to accomplish your goals. Here's the primer....

1. Write them out. Yes list all of them.


2. Once that is done you need to priortize the top 3. (Don't delete anything from the list but choose your top 3 or 4 in ANY ORDER just choose 3 or 4 and move them to the top.)


Stay tuned for the next 2 steps tomorrow...(Work on getting these 2 steps done today! REMEMBER the longest journey begins with a single step...or begins with the 2 steps list above!)

[WreckWench]

WOW! I'm getting pm's from you all encouraging me to complete the steps. I promise I will. But start the process now.

[WreckWench]

Step 3:

Now take the top 3-4 resolutions and clearly define what success looks like, what this goal means to you. For ex if you said "be healthier' you can further define this to say I want to learn more about nutrition in general and understand the basic things I need to do to be healthy. I want to lose weight but only as long as I do it using sound nutritional practices. (Afterall anyone can lose weight by getting ill but that is not sustainable.) I want to not only be healthy and lose weight safely but also permanently.

You get the idea. DEFINE YOUR RESOLUTIONS AS CLEARLY AS YOU CAN!!!

Step 4:

Take each resolution and break it down into small chunks or smaller sub-goals. Using our nutrition example. You can start by competing in the SD 2010 Nutrition and Health Challenge and COMPLETING IT. You can vow to exercise at least 3x a week. You can vow to find and cook at least 3 new healthy recipies to replace unhealthy ones you currently indulge in.

You get the idea. BREAK DOWN THE RESOLUTION INTO AS MANY SPECIFIC CHUNKS AS POSSIBLE.