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New Year's Resolutions

A reference guide

Once the partying is done and the hangovers cured, the guilt starts to set in. The daunting realization that it's the beginning of another year—a year you promised to make better than the last. To make this compact, clip-out New Year's Resolutions Guide as productive as possible, here's a bit of preliminary advice.

1) Your resolution should be something you have control over. Don't resolve to win the lottery. That's a wish, not a resolution.

2) Tell yourself you can accomplish your goal. It may sound silly, but part of doing something is believing you can do it.

3) Don't be afraid to ask for help. You are not alone in your battle. Find support groups, talk to your loved ones and seek out others with the same goals.

All right, here's a random, obviously incomplete list of organizations you might consider contacting to help make 2006 a successful new year.

New Mexico Sports and Wellness
858-1785

Designer Bodies Personal Training and Nutrition Management
899-1700

Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute (TVI)
224-3000

Yamaha Music School
293-5698

24-Hour Addictions Referral Network
(800) 577-4393

LovinSpoonfuls: A Cooking School
292-3657

Financial Freedom of New Mexico, Inc.
889-9346

Arthur Murray School of Dancing
296-6112

Alcoholics Anonymous
266-1900

Toastmasters International
(888) 259-4235

Albuquerque School of Fine Arts
856-5159

Kays All Swim School
255-7946

Hypnotherapy Associates
296-1898

Career Enrichment Center
247-3658