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New Year’s Learning Resolutions

Many of us make New Year’s Resolutions to improve ourselves by losing weight or quitting smoking or exercising more. If you actually are serious about quitting smoking, take help of sites like https://www.numan.com/ , where experts guide you through the  process. But what about resolutions to improve your mind? Here are a few learning resolutions, some small and easy, some a little more difficult. Whether you’re six years old or 60 years old, doing just one of these resolutions will leave smarter at the end of 2006 and you are at the start. Doing more than one will definitely make your mind stronger and your life richer and more interesting.

  • Learn one new word every week.
  • Learn one new skill every month (a massage technique, how to can your own produce, how to program your VCR – the opportunities are endless).
  • Start a diary and keep it going daily or weekly for one year.
  • Learn a new computer program every few months. Or at least make an effort every week to learn something more about a program you already use (either a short cut to use it more effectively, or a new command or option that you’ve never used before).
  • If there’s a subject, topic, current event, company, product or country you’d like to know more about, make it your goal to become an expert. Whether it’s the Middle East or composting, in only 12 months, if you put your mind to it, you can become the most knowledgeable person on a specific subject within your peer group.

Remember, the keys to achieving your New Year’s learning resolutions are to start right away, and to make a simple plan for achieving the goals you set. If your goal is to learn a new word each week, figure out interesting ways to do it. Do a crossword puzzle, read a magazine you’ve never read before, pick up a thesaurus or visit one online and search out a new word.

You may even discover that with some resolutions, simply devising a process to achieve the goal you’ve chosen will teach you more than the goal itself.

Good luck with your New Year’s learning resolutions. Have a safe, happy 2006.

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