18 Ways to Have the Best Year Ever – Part 2
New year’s resolutions, goals and dreams for the new year, ordering my life, things and possesions, new start in the new year, keeping my new year’s resolutions…we go through the same routines every New Year – have you made any progress and been sucessful with your ideas, dreams and goals each year? Some years, yes, and some years not so much 
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Read this Part 2 of the list to make your life more alive, more connected, more organized and more true to your goals. Check on the additional parts for the whole article (Part 1 is here if you missed it yesterday)!
4. Reflect on what makes you happy.
“This is not as obvious as it may sound,” says Martha Beck, author of Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live.
“You may realize that something you thought was trivial, such as learning to play the piano, actually brings you more joy than getting a new job.”
Take (Positive) Action!
5. Schedule a WOW.
“Find one step that will move your dream forward,” says Wieder, a self-described dream coach.
Say your dream is to get out of debt. A WOW (Within One Week) step might be to meet with a financial planner.
6. Get rid of those ANTS.
To keep those Automatic Negative Thoughts from dominating your mind, write down what you are thinking whenever you feel anxious, sad or mad, suggests Daniel Amen, M.D., author of Healing the Hardware of the Soul.
For example, say you have to give a speech. The ANT might be “I’m going to make a fool of myself.”
Rewrite it in a more positive and realistic way: “I’m prepared and will do a good job.”
“Whenever you write down ANTs and talk back to them, you begin to take away their power and gain control over how you feel,” says Dr. Amen.
18 Ways to Have the Best Year Ever – Part 3…
New year’s resolutions, goals and dreams for the new year, ordering my life, things and possesions, new start in the new year, keeping my new year’s resolutions…we go through the same routines every New Year – have you made any progre…