New Year's Guide

By John M. Grohol, Psy.D.
16-Nov-2007

Need to make a New Year's resolution? Wondering how to keep the ones you've already made? What's up with that Auld Lang Syne song? How can I make real changes in my life this year?

We don't have all the answers for you, but we've put together a set of articles that try and give you some guidance in making changes in your life. Check out the articles below for helpful tips to making or keeping your New Year's resolutions this year.

New Year's Articles

• Happy New Year, for Auld Lang Syne
  The story behind the song we all sing.

• 10 Things You Can do Differently Today
  Instead of offering you 10 things you can do to help keep your resolutions, we're going to share with you 10 things you can do differently today that will help change your life.

• New Year's Resolutions: Role-Modeling the How of Making Change
  It's not just about resolutions, but about committing to change.

• Seven Steps to Keeping Your New Year's Resolutions
  7 ways to try and keep the resolutions you made.

• 10 Sure Ways to Keep Your New Year's Resolutions
  You've read everyone else's top 10 tips to keep your New Year's resolutions, now read ours!

• Making New Year's Resolutions that Last
  Can't get them to stick? Try these tips.

• Boosting Your Willpower
  Sometimes willpower is a lot like the television remote control -- hard to find just when you want it most.

• Wrung-Out by Ringing-In the Holidays: Dealing with Post-Holiday Blues
  Expectations are often not met, loneliness is intensified in the absence of family and friends, stepfamilies must cook up complicated schedules, and relaxation is out of the question.

Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 30 Dec 2007