A Wish for a Happy New Year!

While the end of the year is a great time to pause and reflect on all that you have accomplished, this often leads to an annual list of resolutions that are rarely achieved. Here’s what you can do instead to ensure the outcomes you seek.

- John Pereira

How many years have you started out with the best intentions only to find that less than 60 days into the New Year you’ve already broken your New Year’s resolutions? Moreover, rather than focusing on what’s working, you tend to be really hard on yourself and end up throwing out any small bit of progress with the overwhelming sensation that you’re not likely to reach your goal. Sound familiar? Here is a little sonnet of sorts which gives us a rough guideline as to how we could abide by what we wish for our own selves and for those who are near and dear to us: For one, we should resolve to do what we really, really want from deep down within, not what we wish just for the very sake of it. Then, we should limit our list to a number which we could easily take care of so that it does not become a burden on us. Also, try to be very specific, precise and concise in what you put down in this to-do album. And lastly, make a grounded action plan to achieve it. Do not waiver on this subject, be firm and in control of the situation.