Are you looking forward to the New Year or are you bogged down with unfinished tasks from this year? No matter what sort of year you have had, you still have the opportunity to end this year on a high, and start the New Year on a positive note.

    You will have had a number of successes in the last twelve months and it is important to acknowledge them. At the same time, you can learn from those things that did not quite go the way you had hoped.

    Here are some simple ways of ending this year powerfully.

    1. Review the year that is about to end. Write down some of the highlights of all the good things that happened to you. You will be surprised just how much goodness and Happiness you have actually had this year. Write down all your achievements such as “I did more exercise”, “I gave up junk food” or “I wrote a book”.

    2. Share and celebrate your successes this year with your family and friends. This self acknowledgement and appreciation will be a great platform for the New Year. You deserve it. As usual, being grateful for the goodness already in your life makes it possible for you to receive even more. Celebrating your successes is also a key step in having the confidence to take on new challenges in the New Year.

    3. Send greetings of appreciation and thanks to those people who have helped make this year special for you. Use the normal Xmas paper cards, or better still, be economical and environmentally friendly and use email or internet ecards. Express gratitude for your past alliances and at the same time, forge stronger friendships for the future.

    4. Review your current to do list for work. Be ruthless and eliminate as many tasks as you can, without doing them. Then choose just one task and get it done before the end of the year. Finally, throw away your unfinished to do list and do not write another one till next year. You will be surprised how great it will feel not having a list of things to do.

    5. Finish off any unresolved matters. Look at completing any small unfinished and niggling tasks around the house, such as oiling any squeaky door hinges, and make sure that these things do not play on your mind early in the New Year

    6. Clear up some clutter. Go around the house room by room, collect those things you no longer want and either dump or give to a charity shop. Have a clear space so that the New Year can begin to bring you greater prosperity. Be ruthless and do not wait till spring time to clear your unwanted stuff.

    7. Go through your important paperwork and bring up to date as much as possible. You do not want to start the New Year worrying about mundane administration tasks. If you use a computer, then delete any old and unnecessary files and emails.

    8. Review how you have spent your time this year, and identify those things that have been draining your energy. Make a plan to eliminate those relationships that no longer work for you. Look at smarter ways of spending your time.

    Begin to say NO this year to things that you don’t really want to do. Unsubscribe from newsletters, magazine, email groups so that your time is not cluttered up in the New Year.

    9. Be different and do something new. Before the end of the year, do something that you have never done before. For example, go and see a children’s pantomime on your own, take a city tour guide or dine in a restaurant you would have never thought of trying. End the year on a new voyage of discovery and child like curiosity.

    10. Start walking every day for at least 20 minutes until the New Year begins. Not only will you feel great but you will be avoiding the weight gain problems so common during the holiday season. Also, you might just enjoy the walking so much that it could become a great new habit for the New Year.

    11. Rest and relax. Though you will get busy with some of the above suggestions, it is also important to take it easy now for a day or two and do nothing. Sleep in all day, or just laze about in front of the TV.

    Recharge yourself before the New Year kicks in.

    No matter how the year ends for you, just remember that it has been a great year. And next year you can make it even better.

    你是否期盼新年的到來？或者，你手頭是否還有許多積壓的事情沒做完，正為此一籌莫展？不管今年你過得如何，年終歲末，你仍然可以用高昂的情緒結束過往的一年，以積極的姿態迎接新年的到來。

    過去的12個月當中，想必你一定有過不少收獲，認可你取得的成就，這一點很重要。與此同時，想必你也遇到過一些不順心的事情，但你必定能夠從中學到點什么。

    下面為你提供一些簡便可行的方法，使你以充沛的姿態送走過去的一年。

    1. 回顧即將結束的一年。將這一年中你遇到過的所有高興事、愉快事寫下來。你將感到驚訝：原來今年我居然遇到過這么多好事兒，我過得還算不賴啊。將你獲得的所有成就用筆寫下來，諸如“我加強了鍛煉”，“我戒掉了垃圾食品”，或者“我寫了一本書”。

    2. 與家人和朋友分享和慶祝你今年取得的成功。這種自我肯定和自我欣賞將成為一個極好的鋪墊，為來年做準備。這樣做是完全值得的。通常，對生命中已獲得的東西心存感激，這樣，你就可能得到更多。慶賀你的成功是至關重要的一步，它能幫助你取得自信，迎接新一年中的挑戰。

    3. 對幫助過你的人致以問候和感謝，是他們使你的一年具有特別的意義。向他們寄送圣誕卡，或以更經濟、更環保的方式送去你的祝福，諸如電子郵件或網絡電子賀卡。向你的老朋友表示感激，與此同時，為將來更牢固的友誼打下基礎。

    4. 重新審視你當前的工作安排表。以堅決的態度，從當前的工作安排表上刪除一些內容，越多越好，不要再想著如何去完成它們。然后，從中選出一項任務，在年底結束前，完成這項任務。最后，將工作安排表丟棄，明年再制定新年的工作安排。你會感到驚奇，沒有一長串工作安排伴隨左右的感覺，真是太棒了。

    5. 將沒解決掉的事做完。審視房屋周圍，看看還有哪些瑣碎的小事沒做完，比如為吱吱作響的門鉸鏈加油。確保在新年到來之時，不為這些煩瑣的小事操心。

    6. 將雜亂物品清理干凈。仔細檢查家里的每一間房間，將不需要的東西收拾起來扔掉，或是送到慈善商店。營造一個整潔的環境，以興高采烈的姿態迎接新年的到來。態度要堅決，不要等到明年春天才去收拾那些你不需要的東西。

    7. 盡快完成重要的文書工作，并及時提交。

    你一定不想在新年伊始，便為繁雜的行政工作忙得焦頭爛額吧。如果你用電腦工作的話，刪除所有舊的，沒必要保留的文件和電子郵件。

    8. 回顧今年你是怎樣度過的，看看哪些事情使你消耗了太多精力。制定一項計劃，消除掉所有對你不再有幫助的人際關系。以更睿智的方式花費你的時間。對今年你并不想做的事情說“不”。不再訂閱時事通訊、雜志、群組郵件，不要使你的新年在雜亂無章中度過。

    9. 標新立異，嘗試一些新事物。年底結束前，試著做一些你過去從未做過的事。例如，一個人看一場童話劇，雇一個導游帶你參觀整座城市，或是去一家過去你從未想過的餐廳吃飯。對新鮮事物充滿探索之心，帶著孩子般的好奇心給上一年劃下句點。

    10. 每天至少步行20分鐘，直到新年開始。你不僅會感到心情愉悅，還能防止體重增長，這可是節假日的通病。另外，你可能還會喜歡上步行，并在新年里，真正養成這個全新的習慣。

    11. 放松，好好休息。上述一部分建議就將使你忙得團團轉吧，好好放松一下，接下去的一、兩天之內，什么事情也不做，這點也很重要。美美地睡上一整天，或是懶洋洋地看一天電視也不錯。

    在新年鐘聲敲響之前，養精蓄銳。

    不管你以怎樣的方式結束這一年，只需記住：今年是很棒的一年。而明年，你將過得更好。