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2009 has already begun and you probably have your own ideas of some of the goals that you want to achieve during the New Year. Noticed I don’t say resolutions; personally I’m not big on resolutions. Every year around this time many Dominicans plan to make changes in the life, but after a month or two they’re back doing the same things.

There is nothing wrong with your list of resolutions, but you probably want to add a few things that will make the rest of your life better, and this time make it a goal – even if it’s the smallest goal. Chances are you’ll accomplish that goal.

Here are 3 things that you should consider adding that will benefit yourself:

Get rid of your loser friends – If is one problem we’ve in our Dominican society is kids keeping the wrong company.

Hanging around with people that bring you won’t do much for you, so might as well stop hanging around with them. Some of the qualities that these people usually have are: no motivation to make money, laziness, drug addictions and always having a negative attitude.

Stop judging people – its’ human nature for us to judge people by their looks, smell and even behavior. I even judge people, but we all need to stop. It doesn’t do any good to judge people, so why should we keep on doing it.

Love money and drive to earn more of it – I understand that you might think that money is not all in life, but in this hard economy times you need it to survive. With money you can give your kids the education they deserve and the experiences in life that you never had. You don’t have to be rich, but make sure you make enough money to live a comfortable life.

And last by not least, one more thing you should consider adding to your list that will benefit other people:

Support a Local cause – there are a lot of things out there that you can support, so stop wasting time and support one. For example I support the Dominica infirmary and whenever I can, I donate money to it. Even if you don’t have much money to donate to a cause, you can still donate your time.

Anyone have any other suggestions? Lets hear ‘em in the comments

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Happy New Year Everyone! As a gift, I’d like to share with our readers our 2009 Dominica Weekly Calendar, which is filled with beautiful images from around Dominica, for example images of the Caribbean Sea, Boiling Lake, Carnival costumes, and Dominican People just to name a few.

The calendar can serve as a great wallpaper on any computer desktop, particularly the many Dominican students studying around the world or anyone living out of Dominica.

How you can get a free copy of the Dominica Calendar -2009

To get a copy of the calender, simply sign up to our RSS Email Subscription at the top right corner of the page. Upon signing up you will received a confirmation email, along with a link to download a copy of the calendar. (Please note: when the Calendar loads on the screen— simply right click on the image and click “save as” to save a copy of the calendar.)

Ways you can use Dominica Calendar - 2009:

• set up on your desktop,
• print it in large format and hang on the wall at your work place,
• Tell you friend about calendar and send them a copy of the Calendar.

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Lots of you are kicking off 2008 with New Year’s resolutions, but they won’t keep themselves. To achieve the goals you’ve set out of yourself in ‘08, follow through each and every one of the next 365 days—with several free tools that can help you with just that. Track your progress and help inspire yourself to stick to your New Year’s resolutions with some of my favorite goal tracking web-apps and tools.

Choose Your Resolutions Wisely
Before use any of these goal trackers and resolution reminder systems, make sure you know exactly what you want to achieve. The idea is to set a SMART goal. For example whatever New Year’s resolutions should be:

• “Specific. Don’t just say “Lose weight.” decide to “Lose 12 pounds.”
• Achievable. “Be the perfect employee/mom/sister/spouse” is an admirable goal, but nobody’s perfect, no matter how resolved they are. Make your resolution something that’s possible—like, “Improve next year’s performance review by at least one grade.”
• Realistic. You’ve only got so many hours in the day, so make your goals realistic based on what resources and tools you’ve got on hand.
• Timely. Set goals you can reach at most within the next 12 months. Giving yourself a “deadline” of sorts will help you figure out where you should be when while tracking your progress.

Tools to Track Your Progress

Here are three free web-apps that can help you keep your resolutions for 2008.

Traineo (weight loss and fitness goals)

Track your diet and exercise in ‘08 with Traineo, a social weight loss and fitness social site who’s idea is simple: join traineo for free and pick up to 4 friends or members of your family (who will become your ‘traineo motivators’) to receive weekly email updates on your progress towards your weight loss and fitness goals.

Daily Plate (weight loss goals)

The “Key” to losing weight is to burn more calories than you consume, so tracking how much you’ve consumed and how much you’ve burned is a huge step towards dropping pounds. At the Daily Plate, look up and track the caloric, fat, and carb content on the foods you consume and keep a fitness journal as well.

Mint (finance tracking)

If saving more money, getting out of debt, or sticking to a tight budget is on your resolutions list but Quicken and QuickBooks scares you, consider online money tracking webapp. Mint automatically sucks in your financial transactions, categorizes them, sends you email alerts, and helps you create and maintain a budget.

What tools are you using to manager your New Year’s resolutions in 2008? Let us hear ‘em in the comments.

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