With Christmas now over it is time to look ahead and embrace the New Year. If you have been eating a lot of food like most people have over the festive period, then it might be advisable to get involved in a spot of exercise. In addition to fitness pursuits, you can start to plan your next holiday too.

If you have always wanted to go skiing but could never afford it or fancied travelling Europe, it might be worth saving up at the start of next year to finally step out and realise that dream.

Even if you cannot think of any New Year’s resolutions straight away, you can surely come up with a few ideas on new things to try out and get involved in during 2012.