NO new years resolutions!

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I took my friends advise and made a resolution 8 years ago that I have always kept. I resolved to never make a new years resolution again.

If you have to make a new years resolution make that one.

Instead, make a 6 month plan and a 1 year plan. If you feel you need to fill out further, make a 5 year plan but don't plan to stick to it. It's a good idea to plan for your future and think about what you want out of the next 6 months to a year then every 3 months readjust. In march, see how your plans are going and adjust for accuracy.

When making plans, make them detailed and in 1st person present tense. As thought you have already completed your plans and achieved your goals and explain how you got there as though you were writing a history.

Finally, if you don't know how to achieve a goal or make a decision, ask yourself 2 things, "if I did know the answer, what would it be," and "how would someone who did know how to do this do it."