Help with your New Year's Goals

Happy New Year! Set yourself up for success in 2010.

As for successful goal setting, good goals are SMART...

S - Specific
M - Measurable
A - Attainable
R - Realistic
T - Timely

For example, to eat better I could set a goal of eating one fresh, whole fruit a day at lunchtime. I will do this beginning the first week of January (or the second, if I didn't grocery shop in anticipation of this.), and I will check in with myself in the beginning of the 3rd week of January to see if I have succeeded. If I've done well I'll congratulate myself and move on to my second resolution. If not, I'll try again that next week and check in after 7 days again.

Don't overload yourself with too many tasks at once. You can always add more goals later, after you feel good about accomplishing something small & easy.

You can email your future self a letter at www.futureme.org to check in with yourself, or set up time lines for future goals.

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