So it’s the time of the year when you finally sit down and look back to what have you’s as we end the year 2010. Have you been productive? Were you able to make your year worthwhile or perhaps more challenging to live in? Or better yet, did you manage to do all those tasks you were putting off year after year? If yes, then it’s time for new resolutions! If not, then you need to seriously assess your list and have another go at it!

For the clueless—mind you, there are many out there!—below are some simple New Year’s resolutions you can use to make your own:

•    Live without regrets. Being a senior and all—which naturally we assume there will be 10 or less years ahead of us—we often find ourselves looking back and playing with “what-have-beens”. While it may help you make your life better, do know that it can also make you less productive and indeed a little less confident of yourself. Mistakes are made and we live on consequences; no need to dwell on it.
•    Spend more time with your loved-ones. Money is important especially for us seniors with 101 reasons why we need them—75 of them being health-related, mind you—but the time you spend expanding your empire is also a time less spent with your loved-ones. Relationships are like plants; they need to be nurtured. You should know that, of all people.
•    Volunteer for a cause. Nothing is more rewarding than giving a part of yourself to something you believe in, more over if you have a lot of free time to spend.
•    Eat healthy. It may be a pain preparing a healthy meal for one or two but consider it as an investment—an investment that will save your body from illnesses thus saving you time and money treating them.
•    Make new friends. Friends are treasures and they will make your life longer and happier. In fact, it is most recommended for seniors to keep their network of friends for varying reasons, particularly for support.
•    Put your important documents in order. Make a will or update your existing one. Gather your documents and put it in one safe place. Visit your lawyer and seek counsel for other things that you missed. It will never hurt you to do these things even if there is no presentiment of death. One of the reasons why you do these things in advance is for them to not get in the way when an unfortunate time comes.
•    Learn something new. There’s no better why to exercise your brain than committing yourself to learning new things. Sign up in a class or perhaps learn to use the internet and surf your way around it.