I personally hate new years resolutions. I think that if you really want to better yourself, you'll enact it whenever you want, not just when a new year approaches. You have so much time to achieve what you want to get done, so why wait until January? Do it as soon as you can instead.

That's why I make goals for myself instead of resolutions. I write down things I want to achieve, or even exceed, rather than try to force myself make happen.