Rules are made to be broken. And that's usually what happens with New Year's resolutions. Melted down, New Year's resolutions are often just a bunch of rules and regulations you make for yourself to sort of, maybe, hopefully follow. Tour your decade with the ghost of resolutions past. If you're like most people, chances are you've let most of the stuff you pledged to do slide. For better or worse, it's the nature of resolving things.

'Tis the season and the web is full of wise words about resolutions. I'm throwing my hat in with a variation on the theme: this New Year's Resolution Worksheet, a four-page starter kit for putting together resolutions that you might actually get done.

If you're in crisis right now, consider skipping resolutions–just getting through your current day-to-day is probably keeping you busy enough.  But if you're going to set formal goals for yourself in 2010, take a look at the worksheet. It walks you step-by-step toward resolutions that are realistic, achievable, and meaningful. Once the resolutions are down on paper, the sheet asks you to give some thought to the steps you'll need to take to put the resolutions into action.