Law of Attraction Magazine December, 2015 | Page 54

3 Resol ut ions For a Happier Year
--by Christine Carter, syndicated from Greater Good,
You want to lose weight. Get out of debt. Stop
smoking. Eat more kale. Call your grandma more
often.
I do understand why people don?t like New Year?s
resolutions: They can be a source of failure, year
after year. Folks often pick resolutions that are
inherently unrewarding, that necessitate
relentless hard work, or that remind them of their
mortality in a way that makes them feel small
instead of grateful.

a lot.
The first and most important factor in keeping
your resolutions is to make the right resolution.
Make the wrong one and you won?t keep it; you?ll
just add another habit to the ?fail? list.
This year, pick just one resol ut ion t hat research
shows wil l make you happier. Here are are three
of my favorites:

I know because I?ve made all of those mistakes.
But now? I love New Year?s resolutions. I use them
to transform myself in small increments, taking
turtle steps toward new habits. I begin slowly
around the winter solstice, and inch myself
toward a newer, better self. By spring, my new
habits have taken hold, and the green leaves of
growth unfurl.
Over the years I?ve learned a lot of tricks for
successfully keeping my resolutions. And in the
1. Spend more t ime wit h f riends. Study after
last three years, the science around willpower an