Managing Your New Year's Resolution

What's your New Year's Resolution? Like diets, most people never fully complete their New Year's Resolutions.

For most of us, our resolutions to change and better our life in some way is no more than a wish. We lack the passion and commitment to tenaciously stick to our original plan. In fact most of us never even get to the planning phase of the resolution - we just voice it and then hope that it takes care of itself.

We lie to ourselves too easily. We tell ourselves that we really want to loose weight or to finish college, but in truth we have other desires that we allow to take precedence over our stated goal.

This year look deep inside yourself and decide how you want to make your life better. Then break down that goal into small manageable pieces and put them in order. Instead of expecting yourself to miraculously become a new person, let yourself feel the accomplishment of reaching little related goals every day.

Keeping your motivation high is imperative to reaching your end goal, and to do that you need to feel the pride of accomplishment each and every day. Write down what your daily goal will be and make sure it is easily attainable. Expecting too much of yourself will result in feelings of failure, and will open up the opportunity for self-sabotage.

You can make your resolutions honest and attainable by keeping your baby steps fresh in your mind. Before you know it one day will lead to the next and you will eventually make that change a reality. In the end you will not only feel the joy of having reached your overall goal, but you will have strengthened your self confidence along the way.