| If you are going to vow to change ANYthing when the | | | | So smarten up and make yourself and your health job |
| clock pushes you giddy and hopeful into the New | | | | number one. |
| Year, keep it simple to be successful. | | | | Resolution Four |
| Here are five foolproof resolutions guaranteed to | | | | I WILL MAKE LEARNING AND PERSONAL |
| make your life sweeter every time you do them. | | | | GROWTH |
| Resolution One | | | | Feed your brain! Knowledge is power and a great |
| I WILL DO ONE THING DIFFERENT TODAY THAN I | | | | boost to your self worth and esteem. No one said |
| DID IT YESTERDAY | | | | learning had to encompass a University class - read, |
| Imagine the positive possibilities from all the little tiny | | | | travel, find a new hobby, do something you've always |
| differences you could make! | | | | wanted to try but were scared to attempt or |
| I will drink one glass of water in place of a third cup of | | | | volunteer somewhere that you can learn from and be |
| coffee. I will sleep in/get up 15 minutes earlier/later. I will | | | | appreciated for. |
| switch out the Clubhouse and fries for a soup and | | | | Resolution Five |
| sandwich. | | | | I WILL LIVE BIG IN THE LITTLE MOMENTS. |
| Your most successful long term resolution doesn't | | | | I'm not talking about fame and fortune or changing the |
| have to be a single difficult or challenging dare. It could | | | | course of history. Make every moment a conscious |
| be the yearly accumulation of hundreds of little | | | | moment. |
| successes. And the beauty of teeny changes over | | | | Pay attention. |
| the long-term - every time you do something new - it | | | | Stop and smell the flowers. |
| gets easier. | | | | Really listen. |
| Resolution Two | | | | Be present. |
| I WILL BE KINDER TO MYSELF. | | | | Open your eyes. |
| Stop berating yourself for all the things you 'should' or | | | | Laugh out loud. |
| 'shouldn't' be doing, saying, acting or believing. Say | | | | Cry without feeling weak. |
| good-bye to old habits of negative self talk. | | | | All you really have is this second. |
| Don't kid yourself - it is HARD! You've been talking | | | | And this one. |
| nasty to yourself a looong time. Beginning this month, | | | | And this one. |
| you've got 365 opportunities to forgive yourself and | | | | You don't have yesterday and you aren't guaranteed |
| talk nicer in your private moments. | | | | tomorrow. |
| Resolution Three | | | | Make it your aim this year to change your pattern of |
| I WILL FILL MY OWN CUP FIRST. | | | | living. Live big in all the little moments that you don't think |
| You're only as good to others as you are to yourself. | | | | count. |
| Make it your mantra for the new year. You can't help | | | | Starting right now. |
| anyone else if you're exhausted, fragile, sick or dead. | | | | |