Experts say that we tend to do better with our resolutions than we give ourselves credit for, and that with a few tweaks our resolutions can become part of a valuable annual self-inventory that can have a major payoff. Temple psychologist Frank Farley said this is the perfect time for individuals to take "a personal assessment and decide how things have gone in the past year by asking, 'How are my relationships going? How's my work life going? How's my health?'"