New Years Resolutions: Psych-tips, Issue 16

New Years Resolutions: Psych-tips, Issue 16

Over the past few weeks, we`ve discussed New Year`s Resolutions: how to choose them, get motivated, and plan for change. This week, we focus on how to maintain your resolutions. We tend to abandon resolutions when we feel that they don`t come quickly enough or when we find that we aren`t necessarily happier because of them. Change requires a big commitment and can be uncomfortable, or downright painful. Here`s how to cope and keep on working towards your resolutions.

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My Tip of the Week: Keep on It!
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Work on your resolution every day. Complete one small step each day, and review and update your plans frequently. Allow your plans for achieving your goal to be fluid and flexible. Allow yourself to make mistakes. Everyone slips up once in a while. Don`t beat yourself up over it and move on. Learn from your mistakes; perhaps it means that you`re being too strict with yourself. Analyze it and then take steps to avoid future setbacks.

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My Recommended Site of the Week
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Learn more about how to endure your resolutions:

The Virtues of Endurance, Acceptance, and Structure
http://mentalhelp.net/archives/editor51.htm

For more tips, check out http://www.psychological-tips.com

Tara Kuther, Ph.D., is a developmental psychologist and college professor who owns/edits Growing Up. Growing up is a free newsletter/eZine and website that covers all the forms that growth may take: physical, mental, emotional, developmental, personal, and more. Topics covered include psychology, development, writing, health, pregnancy, and personal growth. Subscribe by sending a blank email to growingup-subscribe@egroups.com