take my Gran's advice - New Year's Resolutions start after Jan 6th - 12th night, the end of Xmas, the real New Year.

My advice:
make half a dozen resolutions, and give them dates. They don't need to start at New Year.
No point in saying you are going to go for a walk 3 evenings a week when it's so cold. But if you say you will start that in, say, April...

And set rewards. Stop biting your nails, keep it for 2 months, then treat yourself to a Chanel Nail varnish. Wash and vaccuum the car each month (I wish), treat yourself to a long bubble bath.

Most important, if you fail, it's not the end of the world. If yiu're child didn't do as well as expected, you wouldn't beat it, so why beat yourself? Tell yourself you are disappointed, but you had a good try, and now you have a second chance

Most of all, enjoy life!

..wispa