Do you have any New Years resolutions? Have you had any resolutions that have worked? Have you had any that have failed and if so, was there a lesson that you learned from it?

So, it's a new year which is great because we can leave the drama and garbage that we experienced last year behind us. This is the first year that I have heard the phrase "new year: new you" so many times that I don't know if I believe it. The new year is always a great time to start something new.

How many of us start something new but don't follow through with it? I don't have any outrageous goals or resolutions. That's why I came up with the phrase "new year: old me" because I am the same person going into this new year. The only thing that might change is my goals, and my address. I hope to try new things this year that I haven't experienced before but I am the same person I was last year. This year I am not making a resolution because in the end we all know it will it will go the same way it goes for other people. It will fail because they put so much effort in it that they slip. That's the problem with resolutions we get so excited about them but then in a few months we slip up and fail at what our resolution was. Instead, of resolution I am thinking about realistic goals that I can have for life. For my goals they will take longer that a year, which is great. Resolutions are usually only for a year anyway, because we think of a new resolution the next year or we just try the same one until we succeed.

Make goals and succeed the best you can at them and know that yes, you will fail, but there is always a way to succeed.

Be your old self, but in a new year.