I really like new beginnings. As 2009 comes to a close, I find that I am looking forward to 2010 more than I have any other year. Christmas is just 2 days away and I feel a sense of negativity surrounding me that I just don’t think will go away until I can jump feet first into 2010. This morning I was reading a post on another blog that I frequent and the author did a sort of New Year’s resolution post and I think maybe that’s something I need to do as well. Ah yes…resolutions. Don’t you just love to hate them? I normally don’t make New Year resolutions because I usually fail at them by the first week (especially anything to do with food) but this year, I feel a need to put these down. Call it accountability. People actually read this blog and maybe with people reading it I will feel more obliged to keep myself headed in the right direction.

So after putting some thought into this pre-Christmas blog post, I decided to start thinking about how I am going to change my life in 2010. How will I ensure that at the end of 2010 I will feel only positive things about my life? Here is my list of New Year’s resolutions to bring forth a better year for myself.

Stop being negative

I said in the opening paragraph that I feel a sense of negativity. That’s my own fault. I have a hard time thinking positively about anything. I guess it is human nature to doubt and feel bad about things. But in 2010, I am going to make a conscious effort to stop the negativity and start thinking more positive thoughts. To go along with my own positive feelings, I am going to stop letting myself be surrounded by negative people. After all, that stuff rubs off!

Focus on my goals

I tend to be the kind of person who can get side tracked pretty easily. Something new comes along and I put my current projects on hold and try out this “new thing”. Normally, that wouldn’t be such a bad thing, except I lose sight of the original goal and my unfinished projects start stacking up. How can anyone reach their goals if they never finish anything? This year I am going to be much more focused on finishing things up and reaching all of my goals.

Set some goals

Speaking of finishing goals…I really need to set them before I can finish them don’t I? A goal is more than just completing a project. What do I expect the end result to be? What’s the financial benefit I am after? Where will it take me to in the end? With all of the new projects I am working on, I am going to set some pretty strict goals for myself along with deadlines and use those goals to take care of the “focusing” mentioned above.

Maximize my passive income

I think this goes without saying, but the biggest project in my life right now (aside from being a mom) is to really dig in and start working out this whole passive income opportunity. I am just getting my feet wet and have a lot to learn about it, but with the right mentors, information and my own personal business sense, I think it will come. And 2010 is going to my year to be successful with passive income. And don’t worry…I will set a goal to determine what success means to me.

Try new things

In all the years I have been alive, I rarely make attempts to try new things. I was 32 years old before I even thought about possibly putting sushi into my mouth and now I absolutely love it! 2009 was a record year for me, trying one new thing: flying. How on earth did I ever get around before? I know there are many other things I have yet to try and I’m not going to let fear of the act or fear of failure keep me from trying new things or getting what I want.

Are you making any New Year’s resolutions? Feel free to leave me comments and tell me about them!