Setting Goals - Not Resolutions - For the New Year

It's the end of another year and the parties are in full swing. Everyone is celebrating the end of the year going to some of the best parties in town. The evening is spent talking about fun times, big dreams and financial success in the coming year. You and your friends are having a great time. No time like the present to celebrate like it's the end of the world!

As midnight approaches cheers are heard throughout the city. Kisses are exchanged by one and all as everyone toasts in the New Year. Resolutions are made for wealth and happiness to follow and dreams are created with the best of intentions. But in the cold hard light of day the promises are forgotten. Everyday is a struggle to survive from one paycheck to the next. What happened to the dreams?

It's time to change how you plan for the next year. No more resolutions that never happen once you have to face the days of continuing responsibility. Living on credit cards and borrowed time like most of the world, your friends and family. There just isn't enough time to think about the promises to the New Year when you are burdened with the real world.

But there is a new way to begin the year and see some of the dreams come true or at least become within your reach for the next year. No more resolutions during a party of the night before. It's easy and takes very little time and it's the smart way to reach for goals you truly want in the next 12 months. If even one becomes reality then there will be cause for celebration of the year gone by and the new year to come.

First pick a time when you can sit down. You can do this alone, with a spouse, with family or with friends. Everyone will benefit from setting the goals and seeing their dream can be within reach. But you have to start with a plan and take the first step. After that you can take the second step! With each step your list will grow shorter and your excitement will grow with anticipation of the next step.