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The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 27, 2007

Updated: 12/26/2007 10:44 am

For every New Year's resolution, there's a person with hope:

Hope that, finally, he'll get the nattering monkey off his back.

Hope he'll flatten his bad habit like a bug.

Hope she'll silence her nagging conscience once and for all.

For what are we without hope? You got it - hopeless. And as long as we're still here, there's no reason for that.

Go ahead. Resolve to smash and muzzle. To lose weight, quit smoking, turn a cluttered life into the envy of your most obsessive-compulsive friend. Remember, you do not venture forth alone, and others have gone before. Some have actually succeeded.

And they're happy to lend you a hand.

More tips

from these

experts

on Page 3

Start by figuring out the cause of your disorganization and identifying how you'll benefit by making changes,

advises professional organizer and

author Donna Smallin.

Set consistent, secure boundaries, says pediatrician Peter A. Gorski,

a University of South Florida
professor. "It demonstrates how much you care."

Eat lower down on the

food chain, suggests

The Daily Green:

The Consumer's Guide

to the Green Revolution.
Growing plants consumes

far fewer resources than
raising animals for food.

Once you've decided to quit smoking, make your home, car and workplace strictly no-smoking

areas for everyone, says former smoker Marion Gwizdala, who has led hundreds of smoking

cessation workshops.

Set a realistic goal for losing weight, such as dropping just 10 percent of your current poundage, says Diana Bloom, a woman who dropped her extra fat and now teaches others the strategies that worked for her.

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