The Ten Top New Years Resolutions that effect most People

Every year it seems to be the same 10 top resolutions. Why? Because they are just so hard to keep! The only two resolutions listed below that I was able to keep were the quit smoking and get more exercise. I hope that you have better luck than I did. My list includes many of the items listed below, but this Lens is not about Richard's New Years Resolutions, but the top 10 Resolutions. Here is the list.

• 1. Stop smoking
I was able to do this one and the health benefits are tremendous, and I think that if you can do this one, you will be kicking one big bad habit.
• 2. Get Fit
I am close here! I ride my bicycle and play tennis 4 days a week. It helps me to sleep, and I have lost 60 pounds because of it. DO IT! See a Doctor first to discuss your problem
• 3. Lose Weight
I think that if you can do number 2 number 3 will follow suit. I have also used Weight Watchers to lose weight and it worked and you also had a lower grocery bill - so you kill two birds with one stone!
• 4. Enjoy Life More
This is a hard one. I am not sure how to deal with this one. I have made this resolution every year, and haven't got a clue has to how to measure it. I am not even sure if I am enjoying life more. I guess the only person who can decide that is you.
• 5. Quit Drinking
I haven't had this problem in 16 years. I quit after a going home party in England, I was so intoxicated I do not remember getting home, and I spent a night in a hotel bathtub, and almost missed my flight home! I said I couldn't stand being this bad, and just quit drinking. My body just can not handle it anymore!
• 6. Get Organized
Ok, this one I have never succeeded at. NEVER! I have even given up on this one. I am not going to knock myself out trying to do it. A good portion of my Library has books on how to organize myself and my brain. Forget it!
• 7. Learn Something New
This one is easy. I love learning. This year I am learning to draw and paint. My stuff at this point is not the best, but I am hoping that next year it will be different. Buy my paintings now while they are cheap! LOL
• 8. Get Out of Debt
Wow this one is going to be hard. With gas prices getting higher, the price of milk getting higher, with our government finding newer and less imaginative ways to tax us, I just want to tred water on this one. Hopefully, at the end of 2008 I will be the same or a little less, as I am at the end of 2007.
• 9. Spend more time with the Family
This is a hard one. I have to work longer and harder to make enough money. Also, as they get older the less time they want to spend with us old geezers, they have their own network of friends that they want to spend time with.
• 10. Help Others
Yes, I try this one every year, and hopefully I am getting more successful each year.