6. Get to the gym: We all know the health benefits of exercise. Lift some free weights, hit the speed bag for a while, jump rope, work up a sweat. Buy yourself a rowing machine, stepper or elliptical, and stick to a routine. You’re guaranteed to live longer and better.
7. Get more sleep: Why didn’t I think of this before?! I will just sleep two hours more each night. Start by going to bed earlier and waking up a bit later and not putting in that half-hour on the computer before heading to the office. This is something you've dreamed of doing forever. How hard can it be?
8. Stop multitasking: Don’t respond instantly to every email and text. Also, turn off the flashing, pulsing, vibrating notifications on your smartphone for each new email or text message. Pick two times a day to read and respond. Almost instantly, you will be present in the moment.
9. Reinvent yourself: Learn a new language, take up a new hobby, volunteer for charity. If you've done the above, you will now have enough time that you can surely squeeze in another few hours a week to reinvent yourself. While you're at it, indulge your creative side, let go of negative things from the past, revel in what the future holds. See, making yourself into a better you is possible.
10. Stop procrastinating/being late: Just because I waited until Dec. 31 to get this list published doesn't mean I am any less committed to ending my habit of putting things off to the last minute. If I can do it, so can you.
And with that, one last piece of advice -- one to be taken seriously: Make small, achievable changes toward a set of measurable goals or a clearly defined objective that has a positive feedback loop. That’s a resolution I can get behind.
This column was provided by Bloomberg News.