Let's face it – New year's resolutions have become almost farce for many folks: weight loss, quitting a vice, becoming fit, money management, or whatever. We set the same resolutions year after year. And yet, only about 1 in 10 people actually realize their resolutions. What's the deal here? What's up with our lack of resolution resolve?

Resolutions tend to focus on lack or what we don't have AND don't want. So, the energy behind resolutions actually brings us closer to what we don't want. Let's resolve to be done with that. Let's kill resolutions and get on with making real changes and pro-you choices. Here are a couple of ideas to flip old resolutions on their ears and set intentions that will usher in a year filled with more of what you want...

If you're pondering a perennial (or new) aspiration, bottom line it. What's your bottom line here? What is the aspiration actually about? Take weight loss for instance. What will it give you? Energy, confidence, the ability to do all of those things on your bucket list (you know – all those things you want to do before you kick the bucket)? We don't know about you, but 'vitality' speaks to us in a very different way than the numbers on the bathroom scale. Link your aspirations to what's important to you and you'll discover a much deeper motivation.

What if you kept it simple? Pick your word to live by in 2009. Might it be curiosity, love, joy, fun, daring? Whatever it is, let it be your guiding force and the informer of all your choices and creations this year.

What if you intended to be more of what you already are? New age-y psychobabble ring to it aside, give this thought a few moments of consideration. Desire less stress? What if that's your playful, lighthearted spirit wanting more time center stage? So, what if you went ahead and chose to be more YOU?

Who will you be in 2009? Share it with us – with the world – here!