The beginning of a new year is an opportunity to make a new beginning in our lives.

These new beginnings are articulated as resolutions. A resolution that will benefit anyone is to learn something new this year.

To that end, I would like to recommend some titles in the areas of money management, health and fitness, education and personal relationships and self improvement. Some of these titles may even help accomplish your resolution’s list.

Education

• “Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done” by Larry Bossidy and others.
• “The Right Decision Every Time: How to reach perfect clarity on tough decisions” by Luda Kopeikina.
• “An Incomplete Education: 3,684 things you should have learned but probably didn’t” by Judy Jones.
• “Enriching the brain: how to maximize every learner’s potential” by Eric Jensen.

Money management

• “Money management for those who don’t have any” by James L. Paris.
• “America’s cheapest family gets you right on the money: Your guide to living better, spending less, and cashing in on your dreams” by Steve Economides.
• “Smart and simple financial strategies for busy people” by Jane Bryant Quinn.
• “Reader’s Digest Penny Pincher’s Almanac: 1,552 surprising ideas for getting the most value out of your money, home, and possessions.”

Health and fitness

• “You staying young: The owner’s manual to extending your warranty” by Gary Hallgren.
• “Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food” by Jessica Seinfeld.
• “What’s Toxic, What’s Not” by Gary Ginsberg.
• “Health care on less than you think: The New York Times guide to getting affordable coverage” by Fred Brock.

Relationships and self-improvement

• “Fight back & win: What to do when you feel cheated or wronged” by Reader’s Digest Editors.
• “Why good people do bad things: Understanding our darker selves” by James Hollis.
• “Become a better you: 7 keys to improving your life every day” by Joel Osteen.
• “Dating the divorced man: Sort through the baggage to decide if he’s right for you” by Christie Hartma.

The advice that is contained in these titles comes by someone else’s experience in working through their problems.
We read to know that we are not alone and that someone else’s experience can help us.

Source: By Jeanette Stottrup, Litchfield Public Library head librarian