I’ve considered all 40 of my 2009 New Years Resolutions and whether or not I’d kept them. It’s not black and white at all but here goes:
1. No chance – not even close. Less fitness-related new years resolutions next year, I think – they’re just not achievable.
2. Happily, yes.
3. No and I’ve decided not to since I can now get this for free.
4. I certainly read at least two but didn’t finsih all that I’d started. I suppose I’ve added another 5 or 6 to my list of ‘in progress’
5. No, though I have started lessons which are proving more effective.
6. I did more but also thought more. Unsure that the ratios involved between the two things actually changed very much.
7. I took salsa for a month or two but it was inconvenient to get to after work. I’ll look into restarted this as it was vaguely enjoyable.
8. Perhaps not strictly once a month but sometimes more, sometimes less. In any case, I’m happy I enjoyed quite a lot of good films. The best of the year was “My Sister’s Keeper”.
9. Yes, I’ve succeeded here – mostly cycling but I’ve covered a lot of London and I estimate my cycling to have been approximately 2,000 miles this year.
10. I did join the climbing wall and but enjoyed the bouldering more than the climbing so I’ve stuck with that. It’s very costly and so I haven’t been as often as I’d have liked. I also joined the British Mountaineering Council.
11. Yes, I’ve been more patient this year. Some will find this hard to believe.
12. I’ve worried this year more than previous ones, but then I’ve genuinely had more to worry about. If we were to normalise the amount of worrying by removing the ‘bad 2009’ factors, I feel I’ve done brilliantly.
13. Yes, I did it twice. Ached like crazy and felt damned foolish with the breathing exercises. Not my bag of chips, baby.
14. I learnt how but rarely actually put this knowledge to use.
15. I cannot sleep on my back. If sort of illness necessitates this one day, it will be fatal as I cannnot do it.
16. I had less haircuts but spent more money – little and lamentable actual improvements.
17. Mostly ironed shirts first thing in the morning in a mad rush.
18. No but did go swimming far more than in 2008.
19. No – I did try and get in touch through the website but the local party must be very poorly organised as they haven’t been in touch. Feeling stragely apathetic this year anyway.
20. I went to a fair few but not enough. More improvement required.
21. I did cook more often and I learnt how to cook a fillet steak to 9/10 standard.
22. Complete success – I have now had unique lunches since August 2008, inclusive.
23. Yes, I did cut down on alcohol drinking frequency but probably overall increased the volume.
24. Easily managed 7 glasses of water a day.
25. Yes – thank goodness for Men’s Health Magazine and it’s very basic cooking instructions.
26. Yes, I didn’t incur any new fees but decided that since I rarely use the library there’s little actual benefit to paying them since no one is going to take me to court (touch wood) for £6 odd.
27. Yes
28. No – not one. Just didn’t get around to it – the summer seemed so short and full of woes.
29. Tricky one! “Could’ve done better” but not a bad try.
30. Increased intake of all vitimins with the introduction of a complete multi-vitamin tablet into my daily routine.
31. Yes – only 5 rolls of winegums costing more than 40p purchased this year.
32. Apart from one train ticket, to visit my Eldest brother on his return to Iraq. Not really life or death but it was a last minute decision so just had to do it.
33. Yes but probably substituted for sweets instead.
34. This was expensive and although it’s worked to some degree, not happy with the result yet.
35. Probably, roughly.
36. No, not at all.
37. Yes, probably more than 90% actually and I extended it from April to December.
38. Yes.
39. No.
40. Yes. Good bargain on this PC too.