About Today: Mid-Year Resolutions (New Year's 2.0)

Today In the Spotlight | More Topics |   from Jen Hubley It's been six months since I resolved to eat more vegetables and stop worrying so much. My crisper has reverted to butter storage, and yesterday, I found myself reviewing my favorite worries, because I had nothing pressing to bite my nails over. So clearly, a reaffirmation of purpose is in order.   In the Spotlight How to Make (and Keep) a Resolution Someday, someone will explain to me why it's so easy to make new bad habits and so hard to develop good ones. Then I can develop an incurable addiction to doing sit-ups and my core strength will be the talk of the neighborhood. (Note: There's not much going on in my neighborhood, clearly.)              More Topics Follow Us On Twitter! About.com "Bruno's" Stunt Shocker at MTV Awards Hollywood Movies Susan Boyle Is Suffering from Exhaustion Reality TV Meet Microsoft's New Search Engine: Bing Web Search 20 Year Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Asian History 6 Ways to Buy Things for Less Money Money Over 55 H1N1 Swine Flu Update Patient Empowerment Positive Self-Talk and Stress Reduction Actually, here's the first good habit I want to develop: Positive self-talk. This is the practice of saying nice things to yourself, instead of beating yourself up all the time, as most of us do.   Change Your Behavior: Healthy Eating Tips The first tip in this piece suggests slowing down your eating. Once I clean out the fridge and reintroduce myself to leafy greens, my next step is going to be to resign my membership in the Clean Plate Club.     Sponsored Links   Best Moves in a Bad Economy Save & Invest the Right Way Find out how to beat a bear market, make smart choices, and keep your cool even when the economy is unpredictable. Today Ads Healthy Kids Recipes Healthy Food Choices Web 2.0 Site Detox Diet Healthy Eating Diets Advertisement     Visit Related About GuideSites: Arts & Entertainment Automotive Careers Citysearch Cities & Towns Computing & Technology Education Food & Drink Health & Fitness History Hobbies & Games Homework Help House & Home Industry & Business Magazines Money News & Issues Parenting & Family People & Relationships Religion & Spirituality Shopping & Style Small Business Sports Teens Travel Search About      Sign up for more free newsletters on favorite topics. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Today newsletter as ignoble.experiment@ARCONATI.US. If you wish to change or remove your email address, please visit: http://www.about.com/nl/usgs.htm?nl=todaysl&e=ignoble.experiment@ARCONATI.US About respects your privacy. Our Privacy Policy. Our Contact Information. 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2008 About, Inc.