New Year Resolution hints to Fit in your Jeans

Time to reflect and move forward with or without a New Years' Resolution.  Oscar Wilde wrote," A New Year Resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other."
and "Good resolutions are simply cheques that men draw on a bank where they have no account."


I like this one by Hal Borland - "Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us."
So do we or do we not make one????  I found some of Sonja Lyubomirsky's hints to be helpful from her recent book 'The How of Happiness'.   
 A summary of a goal's / project's ideal characteristics.


Identify what you expect to accomplish

* Imposed by self
* Approach rather than avoidance
* Flexible and be able to work with other aspects of your life
* Activity based - not relying on circumstance


Identify and Imagine the most positive outcome of your goal and the biggest obstacle that stands in the way. (The obstacle bit apparently is the tricky part which most of us don't think through.) They give the example re specific details of when and where and how the person wants to act in critical situations.
For example; If the goal is to "eat more fruit and vegetables", the subject might think of how they will act in restaurants, when travelling , and at other situations where they may be tempted not to follow through with the goal. Then they have to specify the behaviour they would do with an ..."if I am at a restaurant and they ask about dessert, then I will choose options with fruit, not cake."

 We are under the influence of Oprah after her recent visit, who said, "Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right."
 

"Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right."

 We know she struggles too with getting it right.

Happy New Year.


Clara