Broke? Overweight? Addicted to nicotine? Desperate for a new life? The Observer Magazine might just be able to help you. We are looking for willing people to work with a team of experts to help them change their lives for the better in 2008. In return we'll be interviewing and photographing each person for a feature at the end of December and asking them to keep an infrequent online diary throughout the year, updating other readers of their progress.

If this sounds interesting to you, please email magazine@observer.co.uk with the words NEW YEAR in the subject field, detailing the problem/s you are experiencing, your name, age and location by November 23. We want to hear from you, whatever the situation - from looking for love to longing for a new career. We will then contact you if we think we can help you. Look forward to hearing from you!