New Year, new you! Right? The new calendar year is the beginning of a new chapter and a perfect time to set resolutions to help you cultivate good habits and achieve big goals.

But come February, we start forgetting about those goals and carry on with the routine life that we had before the start of the New Year. However, I bet, with this New Year resolution jar, you can easily track your goals year-round, as it will be a great reminder to motivate yourself to accomplish your resolutions.

So, let’s store resolutions in a cute jar and place it somewhere you can regularly check on.

Note: The resolutions will be written on small paper notes in five categories, in five colours, such as for the whole year, half yearly, quarterly, monthly and bi-monthly. So decide colours and make notes accordingly for each category.

For long-term resolutions, (for the whole year), it’s up to you how many you make. Make two for half-yearly. For monthly resolutions, make 12 notes, take one out on the first day of each month, follow it for the whole month. For bimonthly resolutions, make 24, you will take the note out on every 15th of each month and follow the routine for the next 15 days. In quarterly, make four notes, take the note out after every three months. This way, you will break down your goals and resolutions, and it will be easy for you to focus.

For instance, your goals and resolutions can be helping someone in need or reading a book bimonthly, revising the chapters studied or giving some money in charity every month, getting rid of a certain bad habit or cleaning the clutter quarterly, etc.

Things you need:

1. Pieces of colourful papers
2. Glass jar (use plastic if you don’t get a glass one).
3. Multi-coloured yarn strings
4. Scissors
5. Jute cloth piece
6. Silver or golden colour spray
7. Paper tape

Directions:

1. Paste paper tape in the middle of the jar, as shown in pictures 2 and 3.
2. Spray the jar from all sides, and leave it to dry, picture 4.
3. Cut jute cloth according to the size of the cap of the jar and paste it with either the white glue or the hot glue, pictures 5, 6 and 7.
4. Cut two-inch long and 1.5-inch-wide pieces from papers in five different colours; 12 for monthly goals, 24 for bimonthly goals, 2 for half-yearly, 4 for quarterly goals, and at least one for the whole year, picture 8.
5. Write your resolutions/goals, role it and tie the notes with a string, picture 9.
6. Repeat on all notes, picture 10.
7. Carefully take the tape off from the jar, pictures 11 and 12.
8. Put the resolution notes into the jar and cover it with the cap, pictures 13 and 14. The cute little resolution jar is ready!

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Published in Dawn, Young World, January 7th, 2023