The library can help you keep your New Year resolutions

It is the beginning of a new year once again, and for many, this is the time for resolutions. While resolutions are quite easy to make, they can be very difficult to keep. Fortunately the Halton Hills Public Library has lots of books, videos, DVDs, and CDs to help you on your way to an improved you. Here are a few examples of some of our different collections that might make it easier to keep those dreaded resolutions: I think the most popular resolution is to get more exercise. If this is your aim, why not stop by the library and pick up an exercise video or DVD? There are also books on weight training, yoga, Pilates, and a variety of sports such as running, skiing,

and tennis. If that is not books on stress reducyour thing, why not bortion, meditation, and AT row something on Latin organization. There are THE dancing or even ballet. relaxing music CDs, and The resolution to eat audio-books. Or why LIBRARY better can be a tricky not borrow a comedy on one to keep if you are DVD or video and relax Clare Hanman short of cooking ideas. for an evening? The library has books Getting your finances about nutrition, cookin order can be a strugbooks and even cooking videos and DVDs. gle, especially after the expense of the holiGet the whole family involved by borrow- days. The library has all kinds of books on ing a children's cookbook. There are even personal finance, investment strategies and guides to making your own baby food. tax planning. Check how your stocks are If reducing the amount of stress in your doing in the library's newspapers, or get a life is your goal, then the library has many head start on RRSP season with an invest-

ments planning guide. Simply reading more can be a fantastic resolution in itself. Read a classic, a best seller or a romance novel. You could also learn how to do something new like play bridge, become a wine connoisseur, or fix your car yourself. Having the support of something to read, view or listen to can be a great way to keep your new year's resolutions. For more information, please contact either branch of the Halton Hills Public Library or visit our website at www.library.hhpl.on.ca. There is a world of information and entertainment waiting for you to borrow. Clare Hanman is a circulation supervisor at the Halton Hills Public Library