Along with a new year, comes new hope, new promise and new chances. As the New Year breaks, we are suddenly overflowing with a new sense of power, energy and excitement. The New Year gives us a chance to start fresh, anew, from scratch. To forget the past and delve into the magnificent promises that the New Year has to bring, and to take on challenges and conquer, to rise above mediocrity, make a change in our lives and strive for excellence.

Creating New Year’s resolutions means different things to different people.  Everyone does it at relative scales and has different levels of achievement. Nevertheless, one thing I realized when researching the resolutions that people make is that most of us have common goals and ideas of how we would like our lives to be. It just goes to show that we really are not that different from one another. We all want to live in a better world, we all want to be the best version of ourselves and we all want to enjoy the lives we are leading.

After much research and hours of comparing over 60 websites, here are the top ten New Year’s resolutions for 2009:

10) Lose weight

9) Get out of debt/ get finances in order

8) Quit smoking

7) Try something new

6) Get more organized

5) Spend more time with family/ friends

4) Help others

3) Quit drinking

2) Get a better job

1) Enjoy life more/ relax more


Although they did not make the list, going greener, going back to school, pursuing a new career, and finding a soulmate where very close behind. I wish you all a very Happy New Year and all the best with accomplishing all your goals for this year and those to follow.