New Year

It’s been a while since I blogged and so I thought I’d get back to it.

I have actually decided to make it one of my resolutions for New Year – blog more…

Since I started working I genuinely haven’t found time to blog much but I think it’s a good thing to do once in a while – put things straight.

One of the first things I want to do is compile a proper list of my resolutions – I’ve been making loads of them up all day so thought it’s time it was in writing.

Here goes, hold on tight:

1. Visit the gym at least six times a fortnight and spend at least 1 hour per visit. Follow and stick to programme and advice rather than just pottering around playing with random machines.
2. Listen to the radio more often.
3. Take out a new Economist subscription.
4. Read at least two books per month. Further, stop starting books and start finishing some! I have about 15 books on the go currently.
5. Complete the three self-teaching-French books, each that I’ve invested in, started well, but none of which I’ve ever got near to finishing.
6. Think less, do more. Many people have the opposite problem but I spend far too much time dreaming.
7. Take some form of dancing lessons – I like the idea of Salsa lessons personally. Attend at least three times per month.
8. Watch a good film at the cinema once a month at least.
9. Cycle, walk or run to explore more of London – this is a continuation of genuinely good progress made in the latter half of last year.
10. Enroll to learn how to climb properly – join the climbing wall and get qualified to the first / beginners level; whatever that may be.
11. Have more patience with people, especially with work colleagues.
12. Relax. Stop worrying and being angry about things all of the time. Write a maximum of five letters of complaint this year and avoid at all costs phoning call centres since I know from experience that they don’t get me to where I want to go.
13. Consider Yoga. At least go and try it out and see if it helps.
14. Learn to stretch properly before exercising.
15. Try to learn to sleep on back instead of side.
16. Get less haircuts, buy less clothes, shave less often.
17. Iron shirts on the in bulk on the weekend instead of every morning in a rush. Look into costs for getting someone else to do this for me, for that matter.
18. Try to go swimming at least once a fortnight. Investigate best times to go.
19. Take out a new membership to a political party before April. Get in touch with local representatives.
20. Investigate all local public events – meetings and the arts. Attend as many as is humanly possible – stop being idle and using other things as an excuse to do nothing.
21. Cook more often – stop eating out, especially fast food. Cook lunch for work and take it in rather than buying lunch ready-made at least three out of five days per week.
22. Restart but continue no-repeating of lunches for 2009; following on from success of five month August to December trial in 2008 which included nearly 100 unique lunches.
23. Drink alcohol less frequently.
24. Drink yet more water following on from ten-glasses-a-day attempt of 2008 – failed. Attempt seven-glasses-per-day in 2009.
25. Learn to cook at least ten new different main meals and practice for near-perfection, preferably non-British.
26. Pay all library fines, avoid incurring any further fees.
27. Reduce overall commercial (student) debt by 15% by the end of the year. Repay all personal-debts by 24th birthday.
28. Learn to identify fifteenn different types of British tree by leaf, shape and bark.
29. Stop falling for people quite so quickly. Stop worrying about being single eternally. Make most of being single.
30. Increase intake of protein, Vitamin B1 and Zinc.
31. Reduce number of winegums bought at cornershops at unreasonably inflated ‘convenience’ prices – by wholesale if possible if not at least buy from major supermarkets.
32. Buy all long-distance train tickets in advance unless life-and-death emergency demands otherwise.
33. Eat less chocolate.
34. Investigate better facial moisturiser; aim for one which doesn’t make sking so greesy.
35. Sleep for at least 56 hours per week; majority in the night.
36. Wake up with plenty of time for slow preparation in the morning for work 100% this year.
37. Walk / run / cycle 90% of the time to and from work between April and August.
38. Improve grammar.
39. Join British Museum friends and become member of Tate.
40. Replace computer. Seriously consider a Mac.