How has your year started out?

I wonder how everyone's year has started out? For many of us, we set goals for the new year to make changes and improvements in our lives.  Those of us with ADHD are notorious for the New Year's resolutions to get organized, get our taxes done early, get that home improvement project done, or any number of other things.  But lots of people make goals, not just people with ADHD.  How was your  first week working toward your goal?
 
It's the first Friday afternoon of 2011 and for some of us, we had a great week, where we got a lot accomplished and moved forward.  For some of us, it was a week of catching up, and we'll get started next week.  For others it was frustrating to find that old habits seem to die hard, and they made no progress at all.  If you made a pact with yourself to make some changes this year, don't despair!  It's only been one week.

Here are some ideas to help get things moving:

1. Share your goals with friends and family; saying it out loud to someone else makes it more real.
2. Write it down, and post it everywhere.  The bathroom mirror, the fridge, your computer monitor.
3. Do you have a goal without a plan for reaching it? Then it's a wish.  Make a plan.
4. Ask for help.  No matter what your goal, there's someone who can help get you started, and it doesn't need to cost money.  Think of the people you know and ask yourself who would be a good resource?
5. Go to the library and take a couple of books out that relate to your goal.  The more you think about it the more likely you will work toward it.
6. Finally ask yourself: Is this goal right for me?  Is this what I really want?  If not, it's ok to make a new goal.

However your first week went, change happens when we as individuals decide to make it happen.  Taking the first step is often hard, but your one step closer.