----Turn off TV!

----Keep an "action file."

----Organize three things every day

----Set yourself up on a schedule

----Take time to enjoy yourself and your family.

----Invest in a family planner.

----Save money.

----Write a journal, do it daily.

Of course there are more common New Year's Resolutions like:

-- Exercise more. -- Eat healthier food. -- Lose weight. -- Quit smoking.

I plan to stay focused on 8 above. Of course if I can manage to add a few of these bottom ones that would be great.

I have already accomplished quit smoking! (I never started in first place :o)

Success starts with developing a clear strategy. If you're serious about making some changes in your life, focus on what's important to you and develop a plan for reaching your goals.

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Ants In His Pants!

You remember where I left you in first paragraph? I do. Hehehe. There was this problem that was crawling all over me like ants. I was doing everything I could to brush them off. Then all of a sudden cycle turned and it was like coming back from a thirty point deficit in a New York minute.

I began to think about story of Charlie. And, I knew that door was behind me, I knew what I wanted and was determined to get it. I also knew that proverbial door back there was just waiting to give me "big pain in my neck".

Then one phrase that came to mind was all it took to see light and cause that door to begin fading away in horizon. "Blow this, and you'll repeat test". Yep, that's all it took. I have learned that every time I "blow a test", by refusing to change, , I get to go through test again.

Same old test, getting a zero every time. Sometimes it's hard to let go of an obsession and accept fact that "something" is changing. But, one of smartest things you can do for yourself is, not to become your own worst enemy.

Change is a universal law. It's like gravity. It's like H20 making water. And, things are going to change even if you refuse. Remember, cesspool of liberation is always waiting to welcome you if need some friendly persuasion. And, I know from personal experience that it often only takes willingness to change to turn failure into success.

Change And Conquer!

So, being humble student of "test" that I have so often failed, I told myself, not this time. I'm going to see change, accept change, not refuse to change, and come out of this on top. And you know; it was really exciting watching circumstances concede to my desire, and door not hitting me in rear, "for a change".

Some people say, "I have a problem, that's awful". I say, "I have a problem, that's good". I have learned to anticipate downward cycle that will inevitably come, and to prepare to go upward and outward to avoid that door. If you will make a decision to accept changing cycles, and you change when cycle changes, you can then play with big dogs.

Every living organism, be it people, businesses, nations, nature, whatever, every thing goes through cycles. They grow to a point, sometimes maturity, then levels off and dies.

If you learn to anticipate these, look for them, not be afraid of them, then you can meet challenge of change with new ideas, new blood, new energy, and a new attitude. An "attitude" that is daring a door to even look at your rear-end like it wants some of it. :>)

Richard Vegas ©2002