Well we’re all jack of resolutions hitting the dust so we’re going to help you out a little. We’ve short listed some bloody good tips to give you a better than average chance at getting your New Years plans to stick.

Whether you want to lose weight, chase more tail or save more green, we’re here to help!

1. Be realistic about it all

Don’t shoot for the furthest reaches of the heavens friends. Always set your goals realistically; that doesn’t mean you can’t go for broke, just don’t aim to be the Academy Award winning, opening batsmen for the national squad by the end of 2009… you most likely will not be. But you can aim to top score for your local club and chase that lead in the local theatre company’s production of Rent… sweet!

2. Have a clear plan

No point hitting half eleven on New Years before you start thinking about resolutions. If you really want to make changes in your life then most likely you will have identified them long ago. Know the areas on which you will work in 2009 and go into the year understanding the job at hand.

3. Have a battle strategy

The greatest threat to your success will be temptation, so it is imperative that you acknowledge the challenge and prepare to fight it. If you’re giving up the smokes you know when you’re next out friends might be sucking them down, so be ready. In this smoking example, maybe have a distraction like some gum ready, practice positive reinforcement, think the scenario through and remember the negative end result, try to see past that immediate hit. The bottom line is to know what you are going to do when that moment of temptation presents itself.

4. List the pros and cons

Sit your arse down and get real. Writing things out can sometimes give you a little more focus than just carrying plans around in your scone. Make the good and bad list and get some perspective going into the new year; maybe you’re not actually ready to tackle this year’s issue, a pros and cons list should spell things out for you.

5. Get it out in the open

Wax lyrical with anyone who’ll listen. It’s so very easy to bust a resolution if there’s none about to shoot some shit your way should you bail on your goals. The fact is no one likes to look like a dick, so, as vain as it is, we’ll actually stick with things to avoid losing face… and in this case that is actually a positive. So shout it from the roof tops, let friends in on the plan and use their interest and motivation.

6. Reward your good work

The only reason we have resolutions is for the rewards, whether that’s a guilt free slice of chocolate cake or a general sense of well being when a cigarette addiction is behind you. Just don’t kid yourself into thinking you’ve killed the devil because Lucifer plays dead real well. Remember the work you’ve done to get this far and know that all these good results can be undone with a dash of apathy.

7. Record your progress

Every resolution must be tracked, like the pros and cons, a progress list will help with motivation. If things are going well the results are right there… you’ll be inclined to continue kicking arse, however, if things aren’t going quite to plan, the numbers will be there, no lying needed. Hopefully that will be all the motivation needed to turn things around.

8. Don’t beat yourself up

You’re not mother Theresa so when you slip, (and it’s entirely likely you will, because you’re human) be cool. It’s not over; you’ve not wasted all that hard effort, just get back on the wagon the next day and continue your good work. If you’re into self sabotage and defeat then you’re likely to buy into this kind of negative logic; again, recognise your personality traits and prepare to deal with moments of weakness.

9. Hang in there

The reason so many resolutions fail is because these new behavioural patterns are alien to us at first and the experts say this will be the case for a while. The general thinking is it takes 21 days for a new activity to become habbit and about 6 months for the habbit to become part of your personality. So lean into you’re resolution and stick to it.

10. Try, try, try again

Like so many of us, you may find yourself patching up busted resolutions by late January, early Feb if you’re made of stronger stuff. Remember, there’s no reason you can’t start a fresh resolution any time of the year, in fact kicking off after the chaos of News Years may actually work for you.

Got any other tips to help your fellow life changers? Drop some of your wisdom below in the comments section!

New South Wales This Month
First Time Fridays @ Lotus Lounge
Event Date: Every Friday, 8:00 PM

If you’re a couple who is new to the club scene then Fridays at Lotus Lounge is for you. The friendly staff provide patrons with the chance to come into the club between 8pm and 9pm to tour the venue, have a chat and drink with other first time couples, and as questions of the experienced staff and hosts.

Entry is $50 for the one hour introduction to the Lotus Lounge, with the option of satying on for the entire night for a further $50. This means that for a first time couple you can $50 on your first visit!

Lotus Lounge is the only club to provide couples with this introductory hour, so take the opportunity to drop by and asses the club for yourself with no pressure to stay!

New South Wales Last Month
Flaunt NYE

Sexy party guests were treated to a night of nights at the Flaunt NYE party where the exclusive crowd sipped champagne and looked out over the Darling Harbour. The daylight meet and greet quickly turned into a fireworks viewing at 9pm from the huge circular terrace. After the fireworks, the guests were greeted with a laser light show that filled the whole place.

As the Flauntparty drinks flowed, so did the sexual energy. New intimate friends were being made and beautiful babes were flirting with babes. Flirtiness was already turning into naughtiness. Then the sexy Pole Dancing Lesbian Strip Show cranked the party to the next level followed by the gorgeous male stripper with female audience participation. This brought on a new level of naughtiness and Flauntparty action was in full Swing!

Oh what a night!

So if you want to get to this party next NYE, now is the time to register at http://www.flauntparty.com.au. Pass the criteria then you will be INVITED to order tickets. Get on the mailing list to find out what’s happening next at Flauntparty

Victoria This Month
RedHot Thursdays @ Alia Cocktail Soundbar
Event Date: Every Thursday, 8:00PM

RedHot Thursdays go off at the Alia Cocktail Soundbar! Rumor has it that many a RedHotPie member makes this their usual Thursday night party palace and with a great atmosphere for meeting new people, relaxing, networking, enjoying delicious cocktails and dancing to some cool club classics, it’s no wonder the crowds keep coming back for more. Doors open from 8pm till late every Thursday. We wonder who you’ll be bumping into from RedHotPie!

Victoria Last Month
PURR White XXXmas Party

The PURR White XXXmas party was held on the 14th December and it was sexier than ever. She was wearing white, and so was he, well just a little. The less the better and the more creative and cleverer even more so. There were doctors and nurses, fairies and angels, white knights and pussycats, and some in a just a lick of white body paint. This was PURRs final event for 2007 and it went off like a cracker. With the largest attendance to date, PURR is showing no signs of slowing down after 4 fabulous years.

The show was slick, saucy and sensational, the crowd gorgeous and outrageously flirtatious, and it was seriously dirty on the dance floor. This is one party you want to get an invite to… for more info go to http://www.purr.net.au pics from the last event will go up on the site at the end of Jan.

Queensland This Month
Beach Party Theme Night
Event Date: Saturday, 26th January 2008, 9:00PM

Couples International are heating things up this summer with their sizzling Beach Party Theme Night. To celebrate Australia Day and all the good things this beach loving country has to offer, come dressed in your bikinis or anything beachy for a splash of a time! Couples and single ladies are of course welcome and this time round six wonderful single guy members are allowed to book for the event. Summer fun never looked so good!

Queensland Last Month
Couples International

At Couples International, Ladies Only Night last month was a great success and so was the Bi Night. The Christmas Party was also huge, as usual, with all theme nights getting over 200 people on venue, the staff need a really good pat on the back for all their hard work… And then there was New Years Eve… WOW, what a night!

The Saints and Sinners theme went off with huge numbers turning up for a good time. Playing was happening all over the club, both upstairs and downstairs, and at one stage the staff had to ask some people to hurry up having sex in the laundry (heh heh) so the cleaner could get in the there.

The winners of Couple International Yearly Awards were also handed out and the winners can all be found on RedHotPie as about 80% of the patrons are RHP members. Couple of the Year was a tie between teamsexy and tripod8barbie, Single Lady of the Year was won by mistresstania and the Single Gent of the year was awarded to DrScott.

Western Australia This Month
Perth Inner Circle Aussie Icons Australia Day Party
Event Date: Saturday, 26th January 2008, 9:00PM

Australia Day’s sexiest party ever will be sizzling in the Australian summer sun as we celebrate all things that make this great land the hottest on the planet.

To be held on a private palatial pool deck, all things Aussie will be sen and served. Party goers will be bouncing in the bubbling spa and salaciously swimming in the heated pool.

Your sexy transformation into your favourite Aussie icon will make your appearance at this event one to remember. There are plenty of racy Australians we all lust after so whether you dress as a Ben Cousins look alike or a seductive Erin McNaught, we’re sure you can find something to suit!

HellBent @ Connections Nightclub
Event Date: Sunday, January 27, 2008 10:00 PM

Join Connections Nightclub as they dive head first into a dark adventure filled with sex, sin & sadomasochism. Enter the outrageous den of iniquity; the transformed Connections room complete with chains, scaffolding, cyclone fences, & fetish fun galore. Dance to the beats of JJ out on the terrace and DJs George and Time Brown, who will be making a dark, dirty din inside.

Dress dark and delicious, don your deviances and dare yourself to bare your deepest desires. This evening will be hot, making you sweat, wet… and ache to be driven like a turbo charged Corvette. Get ready to grind those gears, dears… bondage is back!

Western Australia Last Month
Perth Inner Circle New Year’s Eve Party @ The Playboy Mansion

Over 150 people passed through the glamorous Mt Lawley residence on New Year’s Eve for Perth Inner Circle’s Party at the Playboy Mansion. The gorgeous pagoda style marquee that covered the pool offered a fantastic aquatic lighting effect and set the mood for an unforgettable night.

Before the new year rang in, the event presented itself as Perth’s most exclusive cocktail party but once the official duties of offering your loved ones their due respects, it rapidly turned into one of the most erotic spectacles ever witnessed amongst Perth’s lifestyle lovers.

With a variety of play areas and fondling zones, it was a raunchy site as Perth’s hottest crowd ignited and virtually erupted in an awesome display of naughty adventure. There was a place for everyone in the crowd be it a voyeur or a keen participant. The party ended well after daybreak and others continued on well into New Year’s Day!

For More Information about these exciting events visit our EVENTS PAGE

New South Wales

Well the iconic way to spend New Years in Sydney is of course a jaunt down to Darling harbour, waiting for the Harbour Bridge to explode in a fiery display of white hot magnesium. This year however why not consider a little rap romance… something very cool… well it doesn’t get much cooler than the massive beat-fest happening at the Coogee Hotel which is set to be headlined by none other than Vanilla Ice! You heard right, almost twenty years after busting heads with his smash hit Ice Ice Baby, the V-man is back and New Years at the Coogee hotel will be his one and only Sydney performance! If that’s not enough to get you there he’ll be joined by some slamming acts like Kid Kenobi and MC Shureshock.
Pre-sale tickets are $125 pre-sale which includes a food and drinks package.
For more info click here

Victoria

One of the biggest grooves in town will be breaking at the abandoned cinema complex in the heart of the city, a lavish electro orgasm which will bring in the new year and then some! Breaking things down in the splendour that this retro venue is quickly becoming known for will be acts such as Felix Da Housecat, Spank Rock, Chromeo and Muscles … This mad-celebration is in the heart of the city and you know when midnight hits the light show is gonna drop hardcore!
Pre-sale tickets are $99 plus BF
For more info click here

W.A

Right now W.A is the Australia’s most exciting musical hotbed so why not get along and check out the pioneers of the countries most happening scene. NYE will see W.A pop-rock icons Jebediah returning to the stage to bring in the new year with attitude! Known for their smash hits like Leaving Home, Military Strongmen and Animals the Jebs will get foots a’tappin and beer taps a’pullin with some of the most infectious tunes doing the rounds. With support from other stalwarts of the W.A scene like Red Jezebel, New rules for boats, Streetlight, this promises to be one rocking New Years!
Pre-Sale tickets are $34 which includes a complimentary drink on arrival.
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QLD

Following a massive sell-out spectacular last year, Odyssey on the Gold Coast is set to have another crack at the ‘rockin’est New Years in Aus’ title. This blockbuster event features three arenas, scream machine rides, spectacular fireworks and an all inclusive ticket, with 5 hours of rock and dance acts providing the soundtrack! Now if that ain’t partying Queenslander style then what is?!?! Musical acts include the darling of Australian Radio Thirsty Merc with support from artists such as Kiss Chasey, Cog and The Hot Lies.
Tickets are $150
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N.T

If you’re going to be spending New Years in one of the hottest states on the island then why not take it all the way baby! Get red hot at Darwin’s ultimate party venue in Discovery with some gargantuan discs spun by some of the Ministry of Sounds finest DJ’s. It’s going to be smokin’ tracks, sexy faces and sweaty bodies, if you can find a better way to bring in the new year in the top end, we’d like to hear about it!
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S.A

For those living in the city of churches it’s time to sin a little. It’s time to release the decks, look to the heavens and let the music flow. With a veritable army of acts, NYE One’s Upon a Time #3 at Earth Nightclub promises to ignite the dance floor in a cornucopia of the countries finest turn-tables champions. With acts like Emaar Live (Vic), C.O.A LIVE (Qld), James Rudd Live (Vic), Seventy 7 (Qld) plus Adelaide’s all star DJ line up there will be no cooler place to usher in 2008.
Tickets are $16.80
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TAS

With one of the countries greatest music festivals on your door step there is only one way to spend new years and that’s with friends at the Falls festival! With some amazing names such as Kings of Leon, The Pipettes, Paul Kelly, Bonde Do Rolê, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Midnight Juggernauts, The Waifs, Built To Spill and Gotye playing during the festival how can you not be a part of this musical monstrosity?
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