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# A Look Back at our Best New Year's Resolutions

Dec 31, 2019 3:00:00 PM  |  by [Barb Szyszkiewicz](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/barb-szyszkiewicz-ofs)

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![New Year's Resolutions](http://catholicmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/new-year.jpg) Image created by the author in [Stencil.com](http://stencil.com) using free elements.[/caption] Have you made your New Year's resolutions yet? Do you make New Year's resolutions? (I don't. Not officially. It's easier not to, because then I won't disappoint myself later after invariably biting off more than I can chew in the goal-setting department. I do like to make plans, though. I'm all about making plans.) Whether or not your New Year's plans include the making of resolutions, check out what our contributors have shared on this topic in past years. http://catholicmom.com/2019/01/11/cm-hangout-new-years-spiritual-resolutions/ http://catholicmom.com/2017/01/12/gods-resolutions-new-year/ http://catholicmom.com/2019/01/16/new-year-new-goals-035/ http://catholicmom.com/2019/01/03/tech-talk-new-years-resolutions-about-technology-use/ http://catholicmom.com/2019/01/10/starting-the-new-year-recharge/ http://catholicmom.com/2019/01/02/a-good-new-years-resolution-stop-gossiping/ http://catholicmom.com/2017/12/28/4-calling-birds-new-year-resolution/ http://catholicmom.com/2016/01/05/waltz-with-me-into-the-new-year/ http://catholicmom.com/2016/02/05/new-years-resolution-weary-mama/ http://catholicmom.com/2018/01/01/5-ways-make-new-year-bright/ http://catholicmom.com/2018/01/10/praying-new-years-resolution-2018/ http://catholicmom.com/2018/12/31/a-mothers-new-years-resolution-to-change/ http://catholicmom.com/2018/01/29/new-years-resolution-catholics/

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Barb Szyszkiewicz, senior editor at [CatholicMom.com](http://catholicmom.com), is a wife, mom of 3 young adults, and a Secular Franciscan. Barb enjoys writing, cooking, and reading, and is a music minister at her parish. Find her blog at [FranciscanMom](http://franciscanmom.com) and her family’s favorite recipes with nutrition information at [Cook and Count](http://cookandcount.wordpress.com). Barb is the author of *[The Handy Little Guide to Prayer](https://amzn.to/2LQB2oL)* and * [The Handy Little Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours](https://amzn.to/3wbDB8k)*, available from Our Sunday Visitor.

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