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New Year's 'Goals' May Be Better to Make and Deal with than 'Resolutions'
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ACCORDING TO A RECENT SURVEY BY "'ABOUT'-DOT-COM", 58-PERCENT OF THOSE RESPONDENTS WHO PLAN TO MAKE A RESOLUTION IN 2007 SAID THAT THEY WANT TO REDUCE OVERALL STRESS IN THEIR LIVES--AND THAT INCLUDES LEARNING NOT TO SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF. BUT, EACH YEAR, MANY RESOLUTIONS GO UNRESOLVED. HOWEVER, POSITIVE CHANGES IN YOUR LIFE ARE ATTAINABLE. ACCORDING TO ELIZABETH SCOTT--"'ABOUT'-DOT-COM'S" GUIDE TO STRESS MANAGEMENT--YOU SHOULD THINK IN TERMS OF "GOALS", RATHER THAN "RESOLUTIONS". WITH TRADITIONAL RESOLUTIONS, PEOPLE GENERALLY APPROACH CHANGE WITH THE ATTITUDE THAT "FROM NOW ON, I WILL NO LONGER HAVE THAT BEHAVIOR." THE PROBLEM IS THAT, AFTER ONE OR TWO SLIP-UPS, PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE FAILURES, AND TEND TO DROP THE WHOLE EFFORT--FALLING BACK INTO FAMILIAR PATTERNS. BY SETTING GOALS, YOU CAN AIM TO WORK TOWARD A DESIRED BEHAVIOR. WHEN SETTING NEW GOALS, AIM FOR ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK--RATHER THAN EVERY DAY. SET SMALL, ATTAINABLE GOALS--AND ADD MORE STEPS AS YOU COMPLETE EACH ONE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SETTING ATTAINABLE GOALS IN YOUR LIFE--AND ABOUT REACHING THEM--VISIT "ABOUT"-DOT-COM.
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