What do you want to do in 2012? Take a minute and write it down.

New Year's Resolutions get a bad rap, so don't call it that. What you're doing is setting goals. Or planning. Or daydreaming. It doesn't matter what you call it. Just get it down in writing.

I'm a firm believer in <a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/06/fait-accompli-my-life-list.html">writing things down</a>. I have an awful memory. If I don't write things down, they don't happen. Probably because I simply forget about them, but more likely because I'm making a plan and I like to follow through.

The secret to following through is to make your goals things you enjoy, not what you think you should do.

(Don't plan on punishing yourself. That's silly.)

My goals this year are simple. Get more sleep. Do more yoga. And focus on the type of work I love, which is writing.

What about you? What are your goals?

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