New Year's Resolutions
I think I may be overdoing it. My new year's resolutions are:Lose weight. Again. I say this every year, and yet I end each year heavier than I started it. No diet clubs this time (done them all) or faddy eating plans. I'm just going to stop snacking on cakes and doughnuts and bread and instead try to eat more fruit and vegetables. And that doesn't mean banana bread and carrot cake. My kids are in this with me and we've all done the Wii Fit this morning. So fingers crossed.Do all my Visiting Teaching. I decided that I would do December's Visiting Teaching by delivering Christmas cards to all my sisters. And then found that I couldn't remember who they were or where they lived. Not good. By December this year I want them all to be fed up with the sight of me.Read and review books. I love reading, and I'm filling my Kindle with lots of free self-pubbed titles. I know the authors would really appreciate reviews and it only takes a couple of minutes to post something on Amazon or Goodreads. Or both.Write something every day. Even if it's just one word I will open one of my WIPs and write. (That should be an easy one to keep because I find I really love writing.)Finally clear out the garage. It's damp in there, and stuff we keep there usually ends up pretty manky. And yet despite that I'm in the habit of flinging things in there when I don't know where else to put them. So this year I'm going to bring out one thing every day and find it a new home elsewhere in the house.Do some family history. My amazing Dad has done lots, but I don't do anything much with the information he sends me. It's time I actually paid some attention to my ancestors, learned more about their lives and maybe even uncovered some family secrets.Get some food storage. The world is getting to be a scary place, and several times over the last few years I've wished we had our year's supply in. We have some wheat, but I'm going to take a good stab at getting at least three months' supply of food, water and toiletries by the end of the year. BOGOF here I come! Floss my teeth daily. My teeth are in pretty good shape, but every six months when I go to the dentist she suggests I see the hygienist. Now, my dentist is NHS but the hygienist is private and thus costs money I don't have. So I always say No. I know what she'd tell me to do anyway - floss daily. So I'm going to try to make sure that when I see my dentist in June she doesn't try to refer me to the hygienist.Is there any hope of me keeping all or any of these, do you think? Well, I'm going to give it a really good shot at least. What are your resolutions for 2013?
Published on January 01, 2013 03:48
No comments have been added yet.


