The new year is almost upon us and for many people that means it’s time, once again, to consider making resolutions for the 12 months ahead.

From giving up to doing more, the perfect resolution can only be executed – and maintained – with perfect planning.

The beginning of the year is the best time for organising your diary, starting a new regime and ensuring your year gets off to a well-strategised start.

So take a look at our carefully selected items that could assist you in keeping your 2012 promises.

Blocks Away – Lego Storage – From £6.95 at www.johnlewis.com

These oversized Lego pieces are perfect for keeping your building bricks neat and organised. The minifigure head unit not only raises a smile but is a great solution for keeping the kids’ bedrooms tidy. Also available in a single-stud and eight-stud block design, which can be stacked atop each other, saving even more space.

Console Tower – Zig-Zag Storage for Wii – £48.99 from www.firebox.com

Do you often find your console games and accessories sprawled across the living room floor? This storage tower can accommodate up to 13 games, four remotes, two nunchucks and a couple of guitars, too. It also happens to look pretty good and gives you the air of a serious gamer.

Time Saver – Cubby Wall Organiser – £30 from www.stylishlife.co.uk

Use this stylish organiser to rid yourself of the ever-present pain that is the inability to find your most important items as you leave your abode. Whether it’s money, keys, glasses, wallet or mobile, we’ve all spent an inordinate amount of time trying to locate these essentials at the last minute. Fixed to your wall, this organiser will ensure everything is at hand as you dash for the 8:32!

Take Away – iPhone 4S – free from £41 per month (on contract) at www.carphonewarehouse.com

Most of us carry our mobiles everywhere but rarely make the most of them as tools to keep on top of things. Use your smartphone to visit the Apple App Store and discover some of the many different applications at your disposal for becoming annoyingly organised, such as to-do notes; time trackers; password management – the list goes on…

Social Scene – Fridgebook Magnets – £14.99 from www.firebox.com

Use these rather fun replicates of the world’s biggest social networking site’s widgets as ways to update your status, post comments and even upload images directly onto your fridge. An alternative way to be organised and share the fun with your family and friends, they all have wipe-clean surfaces. Our favourite part is the “like” icon, which is perfect for noting a local takeaway, perhaps?

Take Note – Up-cycled Note Pads – £3.50 from www.ellieellie.co.uk

Old-school diaries are probably the most effective way of taking and keeping notes. Made from either Monopoly property cars, Cluedo cards, playing cards or train tickets, these iconic note pads, which are bound with 80 pages of plain paper, are ideal for constructing your thoughts, lists and ideas.