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Promises to Keep: The new year is two days old. If you are already wavering in your

   Daniel Rosario


January 1: I make five New Year's resolutions.
January 2: I've already broken four!

As each year draws to a close, we carefully chart out the changes we want to make in our lives. But as the new year begins, we find it increasingly difficult to implement them. In a fit of frustration, I once decided that the only resolution I'd make, would be not to make any more.

Unfortunately, that's not the answer. The solution is not to stop making resolutions, but to seek out ways to abide by them. Here's something that should help:

MyGoals.com has tools that enable you to set goals and accomplish them. Irrespective of the nature, importance or time limit of your goal, this personalised service provides a goal-setting process and interactive tools like automated reminders, advice, guidelines and tips.

'There are things you'd like to get done, and we're here to help', says the site.

Begin setting your goal by selecting a category of your choice. You could choose from health, relationships, time management, money, career, education and hobbies. Once you settle on a goal, you can either follow a pre-made goalplan to get started faster, or create your own plan of action. For the latter, you enter your aim and starting date, obstacles that you are likely to encounter, and tasks that could help remove these obstacles. You will then receive daily, weekly, monthly or random email reminders to keep you on track. As you complete and check off a task, you are taken back to a page that charts your progress.

Everything can be customised: You can add and delete tasks and obstacles, updating your due dates, and make changes in your plan. This is a paid service, but it comes with a 30-day free trial.

How To Keep Your New Years Resolution has information on making resolutions and tips on keeping them. There's also a checklist that you can use. What you do is tick your goals, and revisit the page monthly to see if you are keeping up.

A Brand New Year is another site promising 'fresh starts, new goals and complete re-evaluations of life and habits'. It sorts issues into three sections: physical (exercise, quit smoking), mental (relationships) and lifestyle (changes, evaluations). It also links to pages offering advice on setting and attaining goals, analysing your relationships, etc.

Have you made any of these resolutions? Here are resources that should help you stick to them:

1) Quit smoking
This site tells you why. Here you will find ways to quit smoking. Get more information and resources.

2) Lose weight
Get 30 tips and methods to shed the extra pounds. Download this free ebook on weight loss, and read these articles.

3) Manage money better
This site helps you get organised and learn how to achieve your financial goals in 2002. Learn the basics of budgeting, investing for beginners, and manage your debts well.

4) Make the best use of time
Do all of your obligations seem equally important? This test will help you determine where there is room for better time management. Guard yourself against negative attitudes, and follow these useful tips, tricks and shortcuts.

5) Study Harder
Try out these ideas and techniques to improve your studies. You could also follow these tips to study science, maths and a foreign language better. Get more information, ideas, methods and resources



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