Break up your resolution

Still want to make a change in 2019? If you’re going to set a New Year’s resolution – and you should if you want to – don’t just make a list of a few basic, broad goals. Start with those broader resolutions, and then break each into month-by-month steps. “Think about what you want to pull off by Dec. 31, and think about a monthly systematic plan to get there,” Marshall says. “Each month, set little steps, identify obstacles and figure out an implementation process that makes sense for your life, in order to get through each month.”

“I’m not a killjoy. I won’t say toss the vision board, burn the dream journal,” concludes Marshall. “Set audacious goals, but come back to the mechanics. Have that slogan on your refrigerator, but spend your time on what the fourweek implementation for that goal is, and stare at that on a regular basis. It’s way less sexy, but what’s even less sexy is getting to the end of January and already having given up on your resolution.”