Making (new year's) resolutions - a framework/categories

How should one go about setting (New Year's) resolutions? I tried last year to set myself some goals, it was useful. They were not overly ambitions but gave me some push to complete certain tasks which gave me a sense of accomplishment at the end last year.

So this year I decided to give it another try, but this time I went about it more methodologically (big word!). After several iterations I ended with the following categories. I am pretty satisfied with the categories, think they create the right framework for settings goals with the focus on the long term.

Two categories go to creating a well functioning 'machine' necessary for everything else:

• Physical well being/performance (ísl. líkamsrækt).
• Mental agility (ísl. hugrækt).

 One category goes to purpose or basic need:

• Connections (family and friends in particular, those that will last to old age).

 One category goes to security:

• Professionalism

The last category goes for guiding the decision making (for this journey to old age)

• Values.