Did you make a New Year’s resolution this year?

Of course you did.

I guess the harder question is, do you plan to follow through on it?

Most people reserve this time of year to make self-improvement promises to themselves.

People commit the year to losing weight, quitting smoking, committing time to family and friends and investing in their spiritual growth. Yet most of us don’t keep our promises.

We have a tendency to make soft promises on New Year’s day. Promises we seldom keep. This longtime tradition results in postponing our self-improvement goals until January first and disappointing ourselves by not keeping our promises to ourselves. Too often, because of our short-term inability to keep our New Year’s resolutions, we end up giving up on our goals.

Every day is a new beginning; don’t postpone your goals of growth and enriched relationships until the new year.

You don’t need a specific date to start improving. Capture each moment, allow your new beginnings to start as soon as you set you mind to it.

Your progress is molded by your state of mind, not by a new calendar year. Start with the right, productive state of mind, instead of with New Year’s promises that most likely will be broken.

There is no doubt the new year will bring much change in our lives.

That’s why is it more important than ever to see both sides of an issue and dismiss old conceptions or misconceptions, for that matter.

The solutions to our problems will not be solved by resolutions. New Year’s resolutions are overrated and often never fulfilled.

Making the right decisions, helping others and improving our self worth should be a daily habit rather than a yearly resolution.

Then and only then, will our lives change for the better.