The annual review - do you need some New Year Resolutions?

Well, we are now at the end of one year and are about to start a new one. What's more we are also about to enter a new decade.

I've never been one for New Year's resolutions. It is too easy to make "promises" to yourself that you will lose some weight, become more organised, quit smoking or take on other admirable goals, but unless you also determine how you will do it, nothing happens.

I will however spend some time tomorrow listing what I have achieved in 2009. I will also include things that I think I am now doing reasonably well. I've noticed other productivity bloggers have published their annual review online, but I won't do that. This is for me, not anyone else sorry.

Then, I will also make a list of concerns I have, or things that I am not doing as well as I would like. Some of these may be to do with the relationships I have with family, my wife, work colleagues and friends. Some of them could be to do with my own fitness. No doubt there will be at least a couple regarding my finances and ensuring I am providing for my family in the future.

Last but not least though, I will then look at each of these concerns and establish initial actions to try and fix these and add them to my task list.

To the outsider, these may seem like another form of New Year's Resolution, but if I can at least define next actions and get them onto my regular to do list, there is a good chance I can make some real changes to my life in 2010.

Good luck with your plans for the New Year. For most of us, 2009 was a tough year, but I am sure 2010 will be better.