Ideas & Tips For Your 2012 Resolutions

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Need inspiration for your 2012 New Year's resolutions beyond losing weight? Here's a round-up of the best 2012 resolution ideas and inspiration, and tips and tools that will help you keep them. I've found greats tips on how to save money in 2012, get back into shape, improve your relationships and... More »

Making New Year's Resolutions? Ask Yourself 6 Questions.

Every Wednesday is Tip Day—or List Day, or Quiz Day. This Wednesday: Six questions to help you make effective New Year's resolutions. Forty-four percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions, and I know I always do. I’m more inclined to...

A must-read before committing to this year's resolutions, from the author of The Happiness Project.

"The best way to stick to resolutions is to keep them secret" via The Today Show

This is it! This is finally the year you'll lose 10 pounds, or start eating healthier, or run your first 5K.

Blabbing about your New Year's diet -- or whatever your big 2012 goal may be -- may hurt your chances of actually doing whatever it is you intend to do this year.

Beatriz Sandoval: This is my New Year's resolution every year! I need to make it happen.

"This is the year I curb my appetite for Groupon and LivingSocial" - Suze Orman

You've got big goals for 2012. Suze explains why focusing can make this your best year yet.

Adding this one to my list, no more impulse buys - as a matter of fact, I've already unsubscribed to most emails (except for MyHabit & Gilt City)

"Take stock every three or four months" instead of making one annual resolution - Deepak Chopra

Kate Gosselin resolves to find man in 2011; Kim Kardashian vows to stay single.

See more Celebrities' New Year's 2012 Resolutions at the link.

"Stop Trying to be Perfect" via Real Women Share: "How I Stick to My New Year's Resolutions"

Making a New Year's resolution is easy. Keeping it? Not so much. So we rounded up tips from our Facebook readers to get their take on how they make a resolution--and stick to it.

'Accept that it's not going to be perfect, but rather an overall picture. Success comes in overall consistency, not perfection.' - This is something I need to work on - why are we women so hard on ourselves?

"Show Off That Rockin' Bod With Pride" via 10 Fashion Resolutions to Actually Follow This Year

Here are 10 classic fashion resolutions made more awesome and achievable in 2012 thanks to new technology, tide-changing trends and a little bit of positive thinking.

Yes!: While we're all for eating healthy and staying active, we think more women need to recognize that the bod they're currently rockin' is pretty awesome.

"Resolve to treat yourself better this year" via 7 Relationship Resolutions For 2012

Almost everyone I know makes goals or intentions related to their business, and many people make resolutions related to health and fitness. But how many of you make resolutions for your relationships?

I love this list: Relationships are arguably the most important aspect of a person’s life. Even if you’re not currently in a romantic relationship, you have relationships with friends, family (if you’re lucky) and co-workers or colleagues. You can’t live in the world without having relationships, and relationships take work.

"Master 3 New Dishes So You Can Make Them in Your Sleep" via 8 Cooking Resolutions for the New Year

New skills, new foods and new confidence in the kitchen: ideas to take you from weeknight suppers to weekend parties.

3 new dishes is totally doable!

"Stop following advice that sounds too much like The Rules" via 10 New Year's Resolutions For Single Women

My single-girl New Year's resolutions for a happier dating life.

This is list is hilarious and brutally honest, one of the best ones I've come across!!

"Unplug daily" via 8 New Year's Resolutions You'll Stick With

Tired of making — then breaking — the same vows every year? Try these 8 updates on common resolutions, with tips to make them work

Spend an hour, 10 hours, or a full day without your cellphone, computer, etc.

"Eat Out Smarter" via 8 Frugal Foodie New Year’s Resolutions

If your New Year's resolution is to save money, then you might want to take a close look at your food bill. Here are eight ways to save on the third-biggest consumer expense: Food.

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Great advice from Mint.com: It’s cheaper to cook at home, but when you do eat at a restaurant or order take out, make sure you have some way to save, such as a web coupon, a deal-site voucher or online ordering site loyalty points.

"Keep stress in check" via 12 Ways to Grow Younger in 2012

Wouldn’t it be nice to feel younger as you get older? Regardless of the number on your driver’s license, these 12 anti-aging strategies will help you turn back the clock in 2012.

Did you know: Reducing bad stress with meditation or other meditation techniques can help you feel 1.7 years younger.

"Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy" - @ladygaga

My new years resolution: Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy. - Lady Gaga 2012

"Relinquish control" via 25 Parenting Resolutions for 2012

Another year, another set of resolutions — except each New Year brings the same bland, generic promises, no matter how much self-reflection

A great list for parents that doesn't involve a new gym membership.

"To Be a Better Woman" - Comedian Wendy Wason

For a start, I don't make New Year's resolutions. Why would I set myself up for a failure so early in the year? No chance. That said, I've had an interesting month. A month that's made me stop and think a bit.

Sounds like the makings of a great list: This month has left me with a real desire to be a better woman. To shut my mouth when I'm thinking something negative and to try to be more understanding to what everyone else is going through. Hmmm. Alarming. That sounds almost like a New Year's Resolution.

Gratitude Journal App iPhone and iPad via @ScrappinMichele

Gratitude Journal app for the iPhone and iPad to add positive thinking to your daily life.

Why you should download this app NOW, Michele says: Since I’ve starting using the Gratitude Journal App, I’ve started to look at my day differently. I look for things that I can put into my Gratitude Journal…..positive things.

5 Health And Fitness Apps You Must Get For The New Year

Authentic Yoga with Deepak Chopra and Tara Stiles is basically like having a private yoga class with the experts, and without the studio or price. ...

Don't miss these new app discoveries, I'm downloading: The Daily Burn Tracker

Best Apps to Keep Your New Year's Resolutions

As a new year begins, we're all inevitably making promises to ourselves, myself included, about our health, our wallets and finally getting around to doing that thing we've been meaning to do for ages.

Best apps to get back in shape, save money, increase productivity.

New Year's Resolutions Affect Travel in 2012

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