How to Keep Your New Year's Resolutions

It's no secret that it's easy to make New Year's resolutions, but hard to keep them. Bloggers offer memory hacks and other tips to stick to your resolutions this year. The Happiness Project offers five tips for planning effective New Year's resolutions, for example: "Ask: 'Am I a "yes" resolver or a "no" resolver?" Some people resent negative resolutions. They dislike hearing 'don't' or 'stop' or adding to their list of chores. If this describes you, try to find positive resolutions." Unclutterer has ideas on brainstorming resolutions and will be posting about "how to create and organize a schedule for achieving your difficult goals" in the coming weeks.

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Litemind has lots of thinking hacks, including how to overcome fear of failure and how to learn (almost) anything). Open Loops offers three Las Vegas slot machine motivational strategies for projects. The Conscientious Objector has ideas on how to green your New Year's resolutions. Search Engine Land has 12 Social Media New Year's Resolutions for 2010: "Try to work on these resolutions in 2010 and watch your social presence flourish." Stepcase Lifehack lists 7 steps for making a New Year's resolution and keeping it (one idea: make a commitment card). Productivity Hacks suggests six steps to create a better task list. And Remember the Milk Blog suggests using a service like Remember the Milk to see how many New Year's resolutions you can actually keep.

What are your memory hacks or techniques for keeping your New Year's resolutions?