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Listed below are common New Year’s resolutions along with some important questions to help you plan ahead for a successful year. Click here for tips on How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolution.

Health

• Lose or gain weight – make sure to break your weight plan into smaller attainable goals.
• Quit a bad habit: smoking, drinking, etc. – be sure to announce your plans to family and friends for support and accountability.
• Healthy Eating – decide not only what you are going to eat, decide what you are not going to eat.
• Fitness – what will your fitness rountine be and how will you hold yourself accountable?

Family/Life

• Spend more time with children, spouse, or extended family – what do you want to change about your current schedule? How will change your schedule to meet your goal?
• Plan and take a vacation – Where will you go? How much will it cost? How long will it take to save? What preparations do you need to make?
• Create and maintain a budget – where will you record your budget? How will you measure your success?
• Reduce debt – how much debt will you pay off this year? How will you budget for your debt payments each of the 12 months in the year?
• Save money – how much will you save every pay period? How will you hold yourself accountable for resolution all year?
• Reduce stress – what are your biggest stressers? What changes can you make that will directly affect your life?
• Donate/Volunteer – how much money or how much time can you devote each month? What causes are immediately most important?

Career Related

• Get a promotion/raise – what position/salary are you trying to attain? What steps are necessary to reach this goal? What is your timeline?
• Change jobs/career - what do you want to be when you grow up?
• Further education – what educational qualifications do you desire? What steps are required to achieve your goal?
• Reduce stress at work – what are your biggest stressers at the workplace? What can you proactively change to reduce your stress?

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