New Years 2010 is here and your resolution is to get organized. You have committed to not spend another year disorganized and lagging behind or ignoring your to-do list. With a new year arriving, it is the time to rid yourself of bad habits, re-establish goals, and engage in new behaviors. Starting with a clean slate; 2010 can be the year you keep your resolutions well into the new year and form habits which will serve you for years to come. After the chaos of the holiday season and year end responsibilities, many of us are ready to wipe the slate clean and begin fresh as the calendar changes to a new year. Determining what action items bogged you down from the year before might be a starting point to get ahead of your to-do items. Did you have problems remembering birthday and anniversaries of loved ones? Did you forget to make charitable donations for tax purposes? Did you forget to order your corporate Christmas cards until a week before Christmas?  By brainstorming a list of things you wish to accomplish, you will have a starting point to get organized for 2010.

New Year’s resolutions offer you the opportunity to reinvent yourself and be better and do better than the year before. With a new lease on your behavior, you might feel more invigorated to accomplish anything you set your mind to. The days prior to New Years 2010 the second most googled word was “New Year’s Resolution”. Did you go to the internet to brainstorm ideas on how to better yourself for the new year? Maybe you just had to come up with an idea to share with your friends at the party you attended to ring in the New Year.  Naturally, you are curious about what your friends and family are resolving but what will make you feel better about you?

Concentrating on self betterment, whether physically or mentally, is a natural option when considering new year’s resolutions. At home, work or school, there always seems to be areas where improvement means feeling better and more at ease with your choices and behaviors. When you feel disappointed in yourself, you might have an opportunity to set a goal and stick to it as you concentrate on the future. Millions of Americans choose diets and physical fitness as a means to self betterment.  As of January 1^st, the gyms are packed with people kick starting their physical fitness regimens, hoping to drop the weight that crept up during the holiday parties and festivities.  Weight loss centers like Weight Watchers are bombarded at the beginning of each year as people renew their efforts to drop weight and get healthier. Starting off in January, people feel more compelled to put bad habits behind them and start the New Year off with the best of intentions.

As for getting organized, who doesn’t want to make order out of the chaos of your life? Getting organized means doing the things you think about doing and actually accomplishing the things on your to do list on a consistent basis. Jotting down to-do items or keeping a voice recorder to remind yourself of the things that pop into your head throughout the day will start you on a path to organizing your scattered brain.  Keep a note pad by your bed and computer so you can jot down notes when things start to enter your memory might help you convert thoughts into actions. As the months progress, you might slip into old habits, but do not despair. Starting over a new leaf takes time and effort and gives you room to learn new habits. If you order your corporate Christmas cards now, you will have them ready to send out December 1^st and you can show yourself you can be organized. First resolution of the year accomplished!