Midyear Check-in: Reaching Your Goals?

We've reached the halfway point of 2015—the year just seems to be zipping by. Every year many of us set goals for the new year, and most of us kind of peter out by March or April. And by June they become a dim memory—until next January when we begin the whole process again!

Are you ready for a check-in? We have some wonderful titles to help you stay motivated to reach whatever goals you've set for yourself.

Motivate Yourself and Reach your Goals: Find advice about breaking big goals down into bite-size, measurable goals where you can see the results quickly, which will spur you on to reach for the next level.

Double Delicious!: Every year I set a goal to eat more vegetables, and I was never able to really sustain it. So I started looking for ways to sneak vegetables into my diet. One good way to get this done is with smoothies. You get the good taste of fruits plus the super nutrients of vegetables. This book is geared toward helping parents sneak veggies into kids' meals, but it works for adults just as well.

Power Thoughts: Joyce Meyer has written wonderful books to help you understand the power of your thoughts and emotions and how they affect your life every day. In this book, she shares ways to turn thoughts into habits, and habits into success.

Making Habits, Breaking Habits: It's been said that it only takes about 21 days to create a habit. This book offers tips for making any change stick.

Better Than Before: Gretchen Rubin calls habits "the invisible architecture of our lives." Similar to her earlier titles, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home, the book suggests strategies she uses in her own life and has tested on others.